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Are digital services the right solution for empowering smallholder farmers? A perspective enlightened by COVID-19 experiences to inform smart IPM.

dc.contributor.authorSekabira, H.
dc.contributor.authorTepa-Yotto, G.
dc.contributor.authorAhouandjinou, A.R.
dc.contributor.authorThunes, K.H.
dc.contributor.authorPittendrigh, B.
dc.contributor.authorKaweesa, Y.
dc.contributor.authorTamò, M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-12T12:13:49Z
dc.date.available2023-05-12T12:13:49Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-03
dc.identifier.citationSekabira, H., Tepa-Yotto, G., Ahouandjinou, A.R., Thunes, K.H., Pittendrigh, B., Kaweesa, Y. & Tamò, M. (2023). Are digital services the right solution for empowering smallholder farmers? A perspective enlightened by COVID-19 experiences to inform smart IPM. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:983063, 1-10.
dc.identifier.issn2571-581X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8171
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic, surprised many through its impact on the food systems, resulting in collapses in the food production value chains and in the integrated pest disease management sector with fatal outcomes in many places. However, the impact of COVID-19 and the digital experience perspective on Integrating Pest Management (IPM) is still yet to be understood. In Africa, the impact was devastating, mostly for the vulnerable smallholder farm households, who were rendered unable to access markets to purchase inputs and sell their produce during the lockdown period. By using a holistic approach the paper reviews different Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), digitalization, and how this enhanced the capacity of smallholder farmers resilient, and inform their smart-IPM practices in order to improve food systems' amidst climate change during and in the post-COVID-19 period. Different digital modalities were adopted to ensure continuous food production, access to inputs and finances, and selling surplus production among others. This was largely possible by using ICTs to deliver these needed services digitally. The study shares contributions and capacity perspectives of ICTs for empowering smallholder farmers to boost the resilience of their food systems based on COVID-19 successful experiences. Thus digital solutions must be embraced in the delivery of extension service on pest management and good agronomic practices, money transfers for purchasing inputs, receiving payment for sold farm produce, and markets information exchange. These are key avenues through which digital solutions strategically supported smallholder-based food systems through the pandemic.
dc.description.sponsorshipRoyal Norwegian Embassy in Mali
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.format.extent1-10
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectIntegrated Pest Management
dc.titleAre digital services the right solution for empowering smallholder farmers? A perspective enlightened by COVID-19 experiences to inform smart IPM.
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité d’Abomey-Calavi
cg.contributor.affiliationNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
cg.contributor.affiliationPurdue University
cg.contributor.affiliationLADS Agricultural Research Consult, Uganda
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso (Upper Volta)
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 03 Feb 2023
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.983063
cg.iitaauthor.identifierHARUNA SEKABIRA: 0000-0001-5675-7211
cg.iitaauthor.identifierGhislain Tepa-Yotto: 0000-0002-9650-8313
cg.iitaauthor.identifierManuele Tamò: 0000-0002-5863-7421
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue983063
cg.identifier.volume7
cg.contributor.acknowledgements.


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