What Are The Most Useful Technologies Or Services For Farmers In Africa?
Quora, 8/13/2012
Farmers in Africa face a variety of challenges, and farmers in different areas will obviously have different priorities. However, there are a few areas within the agricultural sector where technologies and services can make a huge difference for farmers.
- High quality agricultural inputs
- Post-harvest processing
- Veterinary services
- Simple financial instruments
Although it may be exciting to talk about new, exciting designs for bio-gas digesters or shifting to cash crops, those are much more logistically complicated. The topics above are the low hanging fruit that can be easily addressed and reap immediate rewards. Something highly technical like a bio-gas digester….”