Beyond the
Census of Things
The Census of Things
In the 21
st
century the vast volume of
scientific data captured by new
instruments on a 24/7 basis, along with
information generated in […] computer
models, is likely to reside forever in a live
[…] publically accessible, curated state for
the purposes of continued analysis.”
Barriers to Common Infrastructure
Institutional or Scientific Focus
IT Capabilities
Compliance
digital
5/11/2017 photo credit: Avaaj Otalo 6
Avaaj Otalo (India)
• Interactive voice response-based advisory services.
• 5% more likely to use recommended inputs than comparison group
• Average 28% higher yields over comparison group
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MyAgro (Mali)
• Mobile scratch-card based layaway for inputs
• Delivery of genuine inputs and bundled advisory services
• Average yield gains 50%-100%
Photo Credit: CIAT 8
CIAT ‘Site-Specific Agriculture’ (Colombia)
•Analyzed over 40,000 crop events to understand declining rice yields
•Recommended shift in planting time or new variety
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Digital channel-driven
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Value chain coordination-driven
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Analytics-driven
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Some digital interventions for agriculture
development
Sector Capability: Data Discoverability
Linking Open Data cloud diagram 2017, by Andrejs Abele, John P. McCrae, Paul Buitelaar, Anja Jentzsch and Richard Cyganiak. http://lod-cloud.net/
Use Case: Sustainable Intensification
ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC C SOCIAL HHUMAN CONDITIONJoshua Blumenstock, Gabriel Cadamuro, Robert On “Predicting poverty and wealth from mobile phone metadata,” Science 27 Nov 2015: