DIGITALLY ENABLED CLIMATE-INFORMED SERVICES - Climate Smart Agriculture Conference

Brief session background

Agriculture is behind many sectors in the application of information and communication tools. This theme focuses on addressing this gap, and generating lessons for application of digital tools, disruptive technologies and big data, in extension, early response systems and adaptive safety nets. Specifically, science and experience based lessons from technological advances including digital technologies, to support implementation of CSA at scale.

Objectives

Deepen understanding on the potential of digital technologies to advance climate smart agriculture through Climate Information Services (CIS).
From pilots to demand driven CIS – Understanding drivers and critical successful factors for adoption by smallholder farmers.
Catalyse partnerships among researchers, private and public sectors to scale context specific digital agriculture solutions.

Expected outcome

Knowledge and action oriented partnerships are mobilized to support public and private sector stakeholders to scale the application of digital technologies for CSA implementation at scale.

Session leads

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Olam International

Tentative Program

Day 1

TIME	AGENDA
11:30 – 12:00	Deliver a 5 minute pitch for the session, Ram Dhulipala, Lead, Digital Agriculture Theme, ICRISAT
14:00 – 14:10	Scene setting – Chair(s) Anthony Whitbread, Research Program Director for Innovation Systems for the Drylands, ICRISAT and Ram Dhulipala, Lead, Digital Agriculture Theme, ICRISAT
14:10 – 14:40	Scientific presentations based on abstracts: Nurturing Africa’s Digital Revolution for Agriculture: agCelerant value chain orchestrators industrializing EO and IoT into smallholder agriculture – Pierre C. Sibiry Traore, Director, Research and Development at Manobi Africa and ICRISAT Social networks to practical use: Can strong social network actors help improve digital-delivery of climate-risk reducing services in Bangladesh? – Wolfram J. Simon, Master Student, Wageningen University and Research Contrasting approaches to developing digital tools for enabling climate adaptation – Julie Ingram, Reader in Sustainable Agri-Environmental Systems, University of Gloucestershire
14:40 – 15:00	Q&A and discussion
15:00 – 15:50	Interactive group discussion focused on the following topics: Partnership and platform approaches to provision digital enabled climate information services (CIS) Importance of contextualization and localization in CIS Importance of understanding human-climate-environment interactions and landscape information systems for provisioning of CIS Factors driving adoption and impact of CIS Can bundling enhance adoption of CIS
15:45 – 16:00	Closing – next steps

Day 2

TIME	AGENDA
11:30 – 11:35	Scene setting – Chair- Moray McLeish, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Asia, Olam International
11:35 – 12:05	Scientific presentations based on abstracts: Blockchain Applications for Climate-Smart Agriculture, Daniel Ortiz-Gonzalo, University of Copenhagen Improving climate risk management through smartphone camera data driven advisory and insurance: Evidence from India, Samyuktha Kannan, Research Analyst, IFPRI Downscaled Agro-Weather Advisories and Hybrid Crop Insurance for Sorghum Farmers in Kenya, Stella Ndirangu, Agriculture and Climate Risk Enterprise Ltd (ACRE Africa)
12:05 – 12:20	Q&A and discussion
12:20 – 13:20	Interactive group discussion: Ideas and opportunities to advance action
13:20 – 13:30	Closing – opportunities for greater partnership with the private sector

Brief session background

Objectives

Expected outcome

Session leads

Tentative Program

Organizing Partners