{"id":8639,"date":"2023-11-13T14:57:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T11:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conas.sua.ac.tz\/informatics\/?p=8639"},"modified":"2023-11-13T14:57:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T11:57:38","slug":"yeesi-lab-featured-in-usaid-feed-the-future-report-published-at-the-digital-frontiers-website-titled-digital-agriculture-ecosystem-assessment-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conas.sua.ac.tz\/informatics\/yeesi-lab-featured-in-usaid-feed-the-future-report-published-at-the-digital-frontiers-website-titled-digital-agriculture-ecosystem-assessment-tanzania","title":{"rendered":"YEESI Lab featured in USAID Feed the Future report published at the digital frontiers website titled &#8220;Digital Agriculture Ecosystem Assessment: Tanzania&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Digital agriculture solutions have the potential to enhance agricultural outcomes and uplift rural communities by providing access to critical information (e.g., crop advisories, weather forecasts and market prices), credit (e.g., short-term credit for inputs and long-term asset financing for farm equipment), and markets (e.g., for inputs and offtake) to further enable farming as a business. Through digital channels, farmers can access formal financial services to invest in their farms, while digital marketplace platforms connect farmers more efficiently with offtake markets. These services can enhance smallholder farmer livelihoods, increase profitability, and promote sustainable broad-based economic development in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Feed the Future report presents the findings of the Digital Agriculture Ecosystem Assessment in Tanzania commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through DAI. The assessment\u2019s key objectives include mapping relevant actors within the digital agriculture ecosystem in Tanzania, identifying challenges and opportunities for effective digital technology adoption in the agriculture sector, particularly aligned with USAID\/Tanzania\u2019s priorities, and assessing the specific challenges and opportunities for Tanzanian women and youth in digital agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>For more read \u2013 page 44,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalfrontiersdai.com\/resources\/digital-agriculture-ecosystem-assessment-tanzania\/\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/www.digitalfrontiersdai.com\/resources\/digital-agriculture-ecosystem-assessment-tanzania\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">&amp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/files.digitalfrontiersdai.com\/media\/documents\/Tanzania_Report_External.pdf\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/files.digitalfrontiersdai.com\/media\/documents\/Tanzania_Report_External.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">&amp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epalab.org\/news\/latest-news#h.bfbaq9qv2dcs\">https:\/\/www.epalab.org\/news\/latest-news#h.bfbaq9qv2dcs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital agriculture solutions have the potential to enhance agricultural outcomes and uplift rural communities by providing access to critical information (e.g., crop advisories, weather forecasts and market prices), credit (e.g., short-term credit for inputs and long-term asset financing for farm equipment), and markets (e.g., for inputs and offtake) to further enable farming as a business. 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