1. How can farmer’s organizations benefit from ICTs application to agriculture? Theo de Jager, President: Pan African Famers Organisation President: Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

2. ICT's: An integral part of our dream to revolutionize agriculture on the African continent

3. What is it for farmers? A management tool: The right information At the right time At the right place To empower me to make an informed decision

4. What's it for farmers? M a r k e t s P r i c e s F i n a n c e M e c h a n i z a t i o n F u e l / F e r t i l i z e r S e e d s / C h e m i c a l s I n f r a s t r u c t u r e T e c h n i c a l E x t e n s i o n P r o d u c t i o n T r a n s p o r t W e a t h e r G e o - s p a c i a l So what? What should I do NOW to limit my risk and maximise my profit? Automatic feedback & recycling into the system

5. Big Data Templates on land, production, financials, HR, seed, fertilizer, ect

6. Who should own it? Government? Business? Farmer Organisations? PPP!

7. Benefit? Big money in big data Only farmers can propagate it The FO is the field on which it is propagated Opportunity to financially sustain FO's Need for strengthening FO's Need for capacity building, governance

8. Grabbing the future!