Event Date
The MRR Innovation Lab hosted a session at the Global Agriculture Innovation Forum 2021 on September 14th, 2021 at 6am PT, 9am ET.
Building Smallholder Resilience Through ICT
Agenda
Opening Remarks
- Dr. Gerald Shively, Associate Dean and Director of International Program in Agriculture, Purdue University
Presentations
- ICT in Product Design for Crop and Livestock Insurance - Michael Carter, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis
- Role of Standards in Strengthening Index Insurance as a Key Resilience Strategy for Smallholder Farmers - Lillian Ndugu, Thematic Lead – Agriculture & Food Security, Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
- The Promise and Limitations of a Mobile Phone-based Agricultural Commodity Exchange - Lauren Falcao Bergquist, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
- Effects of Soil Information on Smallholder Farmer’s Agricultural Investment and Productivity - Christopher Magomba, Lecturer, Sokoine University of Agriculture
The Global Agriculture Innovation Forum is a joint undertaking between USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and Purdue University’s Office of International Programs in Agriculture. The Forum will be valuable to entrepreneurs, producers, value-chain operators, service providers, and researchers, as well as donor agencies and implementing partners and will consist of a series of virtual events held throughout 2021. Participation is FREE and open to all who have an interest in the application of agricultural innovations.
This particular session is part of a larger series of virtual events hosted between August 31st and September 21st focusing on Innovations in Information and Communication Technologies.
Link to Video Recording