Is agricultural digitization a reality among smallholder farmers in Africa? Unpacking farmers' lived realities of engagement with digital tools and services in rural …

AR Abdulai, P Tetteh Quarshie, E Duncan… - Agriculture & Food …, 2023 - Springer
Background Digital technologies are promoted as transformational for smallholders in Africa
through the potential to enhance access to knowledge, increase productivity and food …

What factors influence the likelihood of rural farmer participation in digital agricultural services? experience from smallholder digitalization in Northern Ghana

AR Abdulai, KB Kc, E Fraser - Outlook on Agriculture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Participation in digital services is critical for the inclusiveness of digitalization in smallholder
Africa. However, farmers engagement with digitalization services needs further explorations …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond transformations: Zooming in on agricultural digitalization and the changing social practices of rural farming in Northern Ghana, West Africa

AR Abdulai, R Gibson, EDG Fraser - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Digitalization of agriculture (DA) has emerged as a powerful rural transformative force.
However, the dynamics of how digitalization is changing smallholder farming practices at the …

[HTML][HTML] Digitalisation in agriculture: A scoping review of technologies in practice, challenges, and opportunities for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

DJ Choruma, TL Dirwai, M Mutenje, M Mustafa… - Journal of Agriculture …, 2024 - Elsevier
Digitalisation in agriculture is transforming the way farming is practised worldwide, and its
potential benefits for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are particularly …

Toward digitalization futures in smallholder farming systems in Sub-Sahara Africa: A social practice proposal

AR Abdulai - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This paper contributes to the digitalization of rural agriculture literature by proposing a social
practice approach. Digitalization (practices) is conceived as an unfolding constellation of …

[PDF][PDF] Digitalization of agriculture: how digital technology is transforming small-scale farming in Ghana

SN Atanga - Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES). A …, 2020 - thesis.eur.nl
In recent years, there has been attempts by companies to introduce digital technology within
the agriculture value chain in Ghana seeking to provide digital solutions to farmers (Loukos …

Digital technology adoption in the agriculture sector: Challenges and complexities in Africa

D Mhlanga, E Ndhlovu - Human Behavior and Emerging …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines the trends and rates of digital technological transformation in the
African agricultural sector. While the literature on digital technologies in sectors such as …

Byte by byte: Policy innovation for transforming Africa's food system with digital technologies

MM Panel - 2019 - cgspace.cgiar.org
Africa's digital transformation is underway, creating opportunities for the continent to
leverage the potential benefits of digitalization for agriculture, particularly smallholder …

Barriers and enablers of the use of digital technologies for sustainable agricultural development and food security: Learning from cases in Mali

A Sidibé, LS Olabisi, H Doumbia, K Touré… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
Digitization in agriculture is gaining momentum in developing countries. Digital technology
aims to improve linkages along the agriculture value chain, thereby enabling farming …

[HTML][HTML] Digitalization and agricultural transformation in developing countries: Empirical evidence from Tanzania agriculture sector

FA Kitole, E Mkuna, JK Sesabo - Smart Agricultural Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Agribusiness can potentially increase value for agriculture and the entire value chain, but it
is hard to achieve these goals without digitalising the sector. The transformation reforms …