What are the potential entry points for government to address challenges and foster the development of digital agriculture?
- Availability of digital agriculture and geo data base.
- GIS & RS Graduated staff (capacity building) for such digital data base (data collector, data entry and data analyzer …etc.).
- Cooperation or data exchange between farmers and agriculture / statistics extensions.
- Ability for data base updates & harmonization.
- Financial resources: formulation & running cost for the structure of digital agriculture unit.
- Financial resources: survey / gathering and frequently updating the data base.
- Digital data accessibility between the unit staff and/or between the stakeholders.
- Capacity building for the unit staff (policy and technical staff).
How can the establishment of the Digital Council address the numerous barriers to adoption of these technologies?
- By creating an environmental present / prediction maps (land, water & land suitability, land use …etc), road map for marketing and investment map.
- If the data are accessible to different governmental sectors & to stakeholder.
- If the data are within acceptable cost for the users.
- Build up a trusted report through international consultant.
Do you think that the roles identified for the Digital Council are suitable for facing the agrifood systems challenges outlined above?
In addition to the CN for this section: I think through modeling (SWAT), we have to add (Policy & Alternative for a certain crop production in a certain region) in order to increase agricultural production and productivity.
What governance structure should be in place in order for the Council to serve its purpose?
Director
Executive Council International Coordinator
Advisory Committee
Secretariat
Policy Maker Technical staff (modeling & mapping) Data analyzer
Mr. Saud Al Farsi