Digital Agriculture and my vision of the future for ICRISAT, and observations from WCA

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1 Digital Agriculture and my vision of the future for ICRISAT, and observations from WCA David Bergvinson Presented at KSI 12 March 2015 ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium

2 Key Points Public-Private-Producer Partnerships (PPPPs) are key in supporting demand-driven innovation in agriculture ICT will play a key role in knowledge exchange, targeted recommendations, market integration and finance to make agriculture an attractive enterprise, especially for youth PPPPs will play a critical role in feeding 9.6 billion people by 2050 in a sustainable and equitable manner Key challenges: aligned goals, triple wins, trust, enabling environment, governance of big data and realized value from a financial, societal and environmental perspective Governments, donors, partners and our teams in Mali and Niger are supportive of ICRISAT and our move to a value chain framework to define research priorities, partnership, and goals. This too can be enabled by ICTs. ICRISAT 2

3 Setting the Stage Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be replacing the MDGs in 2016 Goal 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture ICRISAT 3

4 Setting the Stage Current realities in developing countries... Smallholder farmers in Africa have little access to inputs, information and services to increase productivity and access equitable markets this is even more challenging for woman farmers Over 7 billion mobile phones are in use with greatest growth occurring in developing countries. TelCos are expanding rapidly in rural areas within developing countries by offering value added services ICRISAT 4

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6 The Goal Better, faster, and cheaper delivery through digital technology Better Faster Cheaper Increase adoption rate through collaborative, bidirectional feedback loops resulting in farmerpreferred products and services Reduce development and delivery time for new varieties through rapid-cycle innovation Provide scalable, lower-cost solutions tailored to the specific needs of an individual SHF to increase farm productivity Better, faster, and cheaper products/services will increase SHF productivity, providing gains in poverty-reduction, nutrition, education, and savings March 12, 2015 ICRISAT 6

7 Stitching currently disparate data together enables us to offer integrated solutions: Power of location, time and unique identifiers Location and time can stitch together diverse sources of information and support delivery of farmer-specific information Unique identifiers enables mining of genetic resources and standard trait ontologies enables collaboration Nutrition Markets Weather Soils Seeds Microbiome Soybean chickpea Financial services (not exhaustive) Cattle breeds ICT-enabled goal: Increase farm productivity, market opportunities, reduce risk, improve natural resources and nutrition ICRISAT 7

8 Data and Information Ecosystem Data Acquisition Data Consumption Landscaping Curation and Cleaning Mobile Data Collection Location and time stitches together diverse sources of information and support delivery of farmer-specific information Data Storage Cloud Storage GIS: ESRI, OGC, etc Business Intelligence: Microsoft Stack, Tableau, Cognos Partners: ODK, Nafundi, Tango, awhere, ESRI, Digital Globe, Grantees Azure TBD Partners: ESRI, awhere, SpatialDev, Digital Globe etc. Other Geospatial / Temporal Hybrid storage Data sovereignty AWS, Azure, OpenStack, etc. Genomic Partners: Cascadeo, Digital Globe, ESRI Data policy and standards (minimum standards, best practices, metadata, etc.) March 12, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 8 ICRISAT 6

9 Value Proposition of Digital Across the Agricultural Value Chain Cloud Enables seamless data storage and real-time reporting across the value chain Research and development Inputs and farmer services Post-harvest handling and access to markets Basic Research Crop/Livestock improvement Agronomic research Seed systems Soil Health/ Watersheds Farm management Knowledge exchange Storage/ Processing Value addition Consumers/Feed Promotes rapid cycle innovation Mobile Enables targeted provision of farmerpreferred products and services Geospatial Leverages location and time primitives to connect data and drive to insight Bio-informatics Accelerates R&D for genetic gain March 12, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ICRISAT 98

10 ICT Tools Being Used Cloud-based business intelligence tools are now used to accelerate delivery of farmer preferred technologies Challenges: Mobile Data Collection (MDC) Valuation On-farm of farm trials data Literacy Market and UI intelligence to support knowledge exchange and decisions at farm level Business Intelligence to support Personal Identification Information farm planning and practices Big Data Governance Reliable Seed companies and affordable use mobile connectivity money in to rural reduce areas costs; ensure product Lack integrity of high quality GIS data Spatial Farmers Data are Infrastructure using mobile money is weak to Capacity pay for seed building and fertilizer ICRISAT 10

11 ICT Tools Being Used Mobile technology is already being used to support the smallholder farmer Challenges: Mobile phones have increased farmers Ag companies access want to equitable to own the markets platform and (exclusivity); consumers shared Mobile platform phones stimulates are being competition used for traceability Advisory services to support are popular; price timely premiums access to inputs for locally to follow grown food recommendations is a challenge Tailored information and videos Info-entrepreneur bias towards offers new opportunities to train products from sponsoring companies women and youth about End-to-end support is not widely agriculture available as it often involves multiple actors to converge along the value chain. ICRISAT 11

12 A Smallholder Farmer s Story The reach of digital technology Illustration used with permission by Sam Dryden ICRISAT 12

13 Inclusive Value Chains Technology enablement of inclusive market-oriented development (IMOD) Mobile Money ICT for Extension Demand Forecasting Farmer Rural youth ecommerce Technology Ecosystem Research & Development Inputs & Farmer Services Post-harvest Urban Consumer Processing / Branding Supply Chain Management Internet Training Early pioneers for realizing this vision: ICRISAT 13

14 For $1 billion impact in WCA in 5 years 1000 e- Extension agents YOUTH AND WOMEN Seeking a $20 m co-investment Country Total Value now Billion $ Value after intervention Tool for POLICY MAKERS to manage and monitor Timely market, husbandry and weather info for FARMERS Nutrition and environmental impact through DA targeting CONSUMERS MALI GHANA NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL TOTAL PRODUCTION COLLABORATION MARKET LINAKGES CAPACITIES SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT WASTAGE INFORMATION POLICY & ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT PARTNERS GOVERNMENT S

15 D-Ag: Pathway to Prosperity Geospatial Tools Information, Feedback DB Real Time Market Info. & Feedback Genomics / MetaGenomics System biology MIP cloud CEG RDS Breeding Informatics G L + D C Stakeholders Small Holder Farmers Phenotyping Field Robotics Crop Modelling Seed Systems Information Technology Research KSI ICT toolsvarious apps on mobile for decision support IDC & Strategic partners Development

16 ICRISAT Strategic Plan We can realize this vision through demand-driven innovation Inclusive market-oriented development Employ a systems perspective Complimentary, purposeful PPPPs Rapid-cycle, demand-driven innovation Real-time M&E Empowering women and youth to become Ag entrepreneurs Agri-business Innovation Platform to SMEs ICRISAT 16

17 PPPPs are Challenging but Essential to achieve scale and sustainability Shared vision of success up front Trust among partners earned over time Win-Win-Win partnerships equitable benefits across parties Enabling policy environment equitable access to inputs, services and markets; PPPPs speak with one voice to change policies Capacity building of partners empower entrepreneurs (esp. women and youth) for success in ag services and value addition Data governance govern big data to protect PII but unlock potential to target technology and know your customer Awareness of key issues nutrition, health, ecological limits, equity; SDGs can drive behavior change towards PPPPs ICRISAT 17

18 Observations and Learning in West Africa Senegal CORAF meeting on Innovation Platforms Innovation Platforms to support Integrated Agricultural Research for Development model for CORAF and FARA and some CGIAR Centers and CRPs Innovation Platform for bringing diverse stakeholders together to address complex development issues Long evolution of farming systems research that merits documenting (e.g. farming systems research IP) ICRISAT was well represented at CORAF meeting, signing of MOU Action: explore how Innovation Platforms can be scaled and sustained in service of inclusive value chains, especially by women and youth ICRISAT 18

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20 Observations and Learning in West Africa Mali meeting with staff, partners and national leadership Our programs in Mali are active and growing with increased support from donors and government commitment to allocate 15% of budget to rural development Staff are committed to our important mission and work with a wide range of committed partners field visit to Siby General staff meeting raised several issues related to infrastructure, training/mentoring, security, developing country strategies ICRISAT well respected by IER, GoM, Donors, NGO/PS partners and Farmers Organizations Action: work with team on country strategy and our capital investments and staffing to support implementation ICRISAT 20

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22 Observations and Learning in West Africa Niger meeting with staff, partners and national leadership Our programs in Niger have had tremendous impact, especially pearl millet and groundnut (Dosso Region) HE Brigi Rafini emphasized need to communicate our successes better Staff are committed to our important mission; urgent need for ICRISAT s scientific output; need to attract other organizations to Sadore to strengthen a systems approach General staff meeting raised several issues related to infrastructure, staffing, security, developing country strategies ICRISAT well respected by INRAN, GoN, NGO/PS partners and Farmers Organizations Action: work with team on country strategy and our capital investments and staffing to support implementation ICRISAT 22