Heifer International, a nonprofit organization, which prides itself to be on a mission to end global hunger and poverty, has unveiled an innovative agri-concept, tagged, “Digital Agriculture Champions (DAC).”
According to the company in a statement: “The Digital Agriculture Champions will capitalize on the network effect by first running programs that incubate young entrepreneurs, who then each engage approximately 200 households in rural communities, giving them the knowledge, tools, and networks needed to transform how they do business in a sustainable way, especially in agriculture.”
Aimed at leveraging exponential digital technologies as a key component in the design of signature programs covering 11 countries of Heifer’s operations in Africa, the initiative will deliver sustainable, cost-effective training modules for smallholder farmers across Heifer Africa, starting with Kenya.
Heifer added: “Heifer is advancing technology and mechanization to address some of the post-pandemic challenges across different Agricultural value chains in Africa; investing in digital extension systems for training as a post-pandemic response strategy that will create efficient, scalable solutions for farmers and help boost the value chains in which they work.
“Heifer is committed to catalyzing ground-up engagement of the youth in Agriculture. The Digital Agriculture Champions initiative will foster the application of digital technology in Agriculture, delivering solutions that address challenges faced by smallholder farmers at scale, ”said Adesuwa Ifedi, Senior Vice President Africa Programs, Heifer.
