2. ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, & Institutions www.ICTinagriculture.org

3. Motivation for book Centrality of agriculture to development Challenges facing agriculture Agricultural Context The rise of rural connectivity Enormous diversity of on-the- ground implementations ICT Context www.ICTinAgriculture.org ---ICTs hold great promise for transforming agriculture, but research and lessons learned are scattered and often anecdotal---

4. www.ICTinAgriculture.org Creating Sustainable in the Knowledge Economy Businesses

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

6. Module Topics Forest Governance Agricultural Marketing Farmer Organizations Financial Services Agricultural Innovation Systems I ncreasing 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 www.ICTinAgriculture.org

7. Sourcebook includes:

8. Key Findings and Themes Focus on the demand for services, not the technology Understand your users and their constraints (e.g. language, time availability, literacy) The enabling environment matters Sustainable business models, partnerships and scalability Be aware of differential impacts (e.g. including gender, age, socio economic status) Smart and higher capacity tools becoming more affordable www.ICTinAgriculture.org

10. What’s next at the World Bank? Module on operational challenges Developing Regional Task Force e-Fora on selected topics with FAO e-agriculture community (first one on “Strengthening Markets” conducted in December) Continuing updates of emerging good practices and lessons learned on the website -----> GOAL: enhanced development efficiency and effectiveness through mainstreaming of ICT in agriculture operations www.ICTinAgriculture.org