Tech in Africa
The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation alongside the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology signed a cooperation protocol for upgrading the technology infrastructure in the last two years.
The most crucial step is to introduce AI in measuring the impact of climate change and water rationalization by analyzing different data. Accurate information can be generated on the cultivated areas, irrigation needs as per the season, effectively complicating the planning process.
The plan involves the automation of services offered to the farmers, landowners, launching a mobile app, while renovating the ministry’s website on farming guidelines. That plan will involve setting the right strategies for introducing information management systems alongside human resources management systems while holding capacity building programs for their workers.
