FAQ

In 3-5 years FDN

Now

Data collection and access

Farmers report data directly, or

Data collected by a range of ecosystem actors including gov and commercial service providers, creating siloes

Data ownership and consent

Farmers own the data and decide who to share it with on their own terms using consent manager

Farmer orgs may play a role in aggregating data of their members and sharing it based on privacy and member consent/data sharing agreements (via FS)

Farmers do not have (an easy) access to the data they share and cannot retrieve it

They may not be able to provide informed consent due to low digital literacy

Data discovery and access

TBD – user interface to do that

Fragmented; note discoverable except for publicly available date like weather

Data use

Fancy analytics using historic data and predictive analytics to improve future offerings/services

Content

Adaptive and incorporates local context and farmer feedback

Often generic

Feedback loops not working well

Source of advisory

Gov extension + commercial;

farmer groups and from each other both in person and online; farmers feedback and data is used to inform future recommendations to achieve better management, profitaibility and environmental outcomes

Farmers learn from extension agents (top down), farmer groups and from each other but mostly in person

Tech specifications

Interoperable

Decentralized