ICT in Agriculture at the World Bank CRS ICT4D 4 th Annual Conference March 27 th -March 29 th, 2012 Cory Belden

Why are we here? Centrality of agriculture to development New and old challenges facing agriculture Increased private sector involvement Agricultural Context The rise of rural connectivity Enormous diversity of applications and software ICT Context ---ICTs hold great promise for transforming agriculture, but research and lessons learned are scattered and mostly anecdotal--- Cost- effectiveness & efficiency

ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, & Institutions OVERVIEW

Expanding Our Knowledge THE SOURCEBOOK IS: Two-year long effort to synthesize and develop reliable information about the potential of ICTs in agriculture and experiences Effort to spark enthusiasm about promising applications and tools Contributions from 50+ experts (internal and external) Over 200 examples from six regions (including OECD countries) Easy to use, modular structure—agricultural sub-sectors Challenges, key enablers, lessons learned... THE SOURCEBOOK IS NOT: A cookbook! An academic paper! A policy report!

Module Topics Forest Governance Agricultural Marketing Farmer Organizations Financial Services Agricultural Innovation Systems Increasing Productivity Gender Equality The Role of Mobiles Access & Affordability Food Safety & Traceability Risk Management Supply Chain Inclusion Land Administration Governance & Participation Cross-Cutting Themes Enhancing Productivity Markets & Value Chains Public Service Provision

Apps, software, projects, and more apps! Reuters Market Light Nokia Life Tools Digital Green Ushahidi Kencall Kilimo Salama mKrishi AgriManagr Grameen CKW Ones perhaps you haven’t…Ones you’ve heard of… Indiagriline Shellcatch Agropedia TIPCEE SIBWA KAINet TECA Txteagle KAPC (carbon) MTZL e-Choupal Esoko ACDI/VOCA DrumNet Farm Radio M-PESA IFFCO IKSL M-climate, Turkey RFID, Botswana Biometrics L3F (India) SOUNONG ZNFU SMS Nit. Sensors And many more!

How does the World Bank fit into the global movement on ICT?

AND! Over-focus on basic ICT tools (e.g. computers for admin) BUT! 40% of projects do not achieve their objectives 4 projects 94 projects 24 projects 77 projects 144 projects 96 projects 35 projects 75 projects 144 projects 83 projects 258 projects 140 projects 17 projects 106 projects Financial Management, Procurement Energy and Mining Social Development Water Transport Urban Development Environment Social Protection Health, Nutrition and Population Financial, Private Sector Development Agriculture and Rural Development Education Economic Policy, Poverty Reduction Public Sector Governance 100% 56.3% 58.5% 58.8% 64.9% 70.1% 71.4% 72.1% 78.3% 81.4% 85.9% 89.5% 98.1% ICT Component in 1,300 out of 1,700 projects

What’s next at the World Bank? Module on operational challenges (the ‘how’) Collaboration between ICT and ARD Sector Units (critical!) Building a roster of experts/community of practice (public & private) Trainings and workshops, conferences (like this one!) Focus on e-extension and M&E Continued updates on the website (following the evolution) e-forums with FAO & e-agriculture community (sharing) Additional analytical work (what works and what doesn’t and why)

e-Forums, two down with more to come! PURPOSE: dissemination, learning, operations, networking With who? FAO, e-agriculture community, companies, other agencies First e-forum: Strengthening Agricultural Marketing (Module 9), Dec 2011 Second e-forum: ICT Innovation for Green Growth (Modules 11 and 5), March ,000+ views and 100 posts Summaries posted after forums

Discussion: Tough Decisions and Change Mgmt Tapping new ways of doing development work Supporting marketing with donor funds? Private “crowding in”– challenges & opportunities (getting past the pilot stage) Collaboration btn IT and sector expertise (design & other stages) Do we need to do some priority-setting? Analytics vs. trainings and creation Rural infrastructure vs. app development Client focus– is it really there? Knowledge sharing and learning What expertise does it take to create effective solutions and how can we build them strategically in our agencies/NGOs?

Resources ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook (2011) and website Agriculture Innovation Systems Investment Sourcebook (2012) What the website offers: m-ARD Report (ICT Sector Unit & Intel, 2012) e-Agriculture & FAO online community (e-forums) e-Transform Agriculture Report