Title: e-Learning on Digital Agriculture

Location: US

Company: World Bank Group

About this course:
Digital Agricultural Technologies (DATs) are innovations that enable farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs to leapfrog to increase their productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness, facilitate access to markets, improve nutritional outcomes and enhance resilience to climate change. These technologies range from mobile apps to digital identities for farmers to solar applications for agriculture to portable agriculture devices. DATs are increasingly becoming indispensable in the global food and agriculture sector, from fast and convenient information delivery to providing virtual marketplaces. Considering the fact that digital technologies can accelerate agro-food outcomes is juxtaposed with low adoption rates of the same, the World Bank’s operations are increasingly incorporating digital agriculture as a critical element in its operations. Thus, it is important to study digital agriculture technologies in further detail.
This five-week course will provide a high-level overview of DAT concepts, potential impact, range of technologies available, used cases as well as forward-looking technologies. The course will introduce the participants to different agriculture data platforms already available and will encourage them to discover the scope and utility of the open data platforms for analytics and intelligence in agriculture. Participants will be required to engage in discussion forums with their peers and complete quizzes throughout the course.

Gain a solid understanding of core concepts of DAT and ICT in agriculture, with a focus on used cases and potential impact.

Learn about digital tools enhancing on-farm productivity.

Understand how to empower smallholder farmers through ICT/Digital Tools in market access and financial services.

Gain awareness of the forward-looking technologies and their scope in agriculture – artificial intelligence, remote sensing, crowdsourcing, and big data analytics.

Agriculture is no exception to digital revolution, going beyond a simple adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). According to ICRISAT, digital agriculture is defined as “ICT and data ecosystems to support the development and delivery of timely, targeted information and services to make farming profitable and sustainable while delivering safe nutritious and affordable food for all.”

Duration: 5 weeks

Skills:
- Agriculture
- Communication
- Operations
- Resilience
- Solar Application
- Technology Ecosystems

Curriculum:
- Gain a solid understanding of core concepts of DAT and ICT in agriculture, with a focus on used cases and potential impact.
- Learn about digital tools enhancing on-farm productivity.
- Understand how to empower smallholder farmers through ICT/Digital Tools in market access and financial services.

- Gain awareness of the forward-looking technologies and their scope in agriculture – artificial intelligence, remote sensing, crowdsourcing, and big data analytics.