1. Practical Agricultural Innovations and Technology Uptake
Experiences of Gift Mafuleka,
A medium scale commercial farmer in South Africa
22/11/2016

2. Content Drivers to Agricultural Innovations and Technology Uptake
Industry Level
Farm Level
Personal Level
Barriers to Innovation and Technology Uptake

3. Drivers to Agricultural Innovations and Technology Uptake

4. Drivers Productivity/Efficiency Optimal Resource Utilization
Food and Nutrition Security
Climate Change
Data drive
Leadership

5. At Industry Level: Organised agriculture Mobile data collection
Mobile information dissemination
Product offerings e.g. ‘’On access to finance’’

6. At Farm Level General Farm Management: Financing
Conservation Agriculture and use of GMO
Mechanisation
GPS Technology
Mobile App Technology

7. Mechanization

8. Conservation Agriculture:

9. GPS Technology

10. Mobile App Technology

11. At Personal Level

12. At Personal Level Planning: Daily, Weekly, Monthly
Communication: Farm management
Reporting: Industry Information
Organising: Calendar

13. Barriers to Innovation and Technology Uptake

14. Barriers
Costs
Skills
Information
Relevance
Incentives
Bureaucracy