Thanks to Dr. Baudoin for such a thought-provoking discussion and to all the wonderful contributions so far.

ICTs will play a pivotal role in the sustainable intensification of horticultural crop systems by ensuring that the data captured on the data loggers is shared among the relevant parties for interpretation or for further processing. This means that research work and farm management is no more localized, many people can equally contribute to the underlying process even though they are not in the same place. The internet has provided the possibility to create databases of all necessary information and have this information more readily available. This information can be used for the purposes of building models for forecasting and projection of various farm outputs. This will, in turn, contribute to the efficiency of horticultural systems.  Communication has also made it possible to disseminate information on plant disease outbreak, weather, planting time etc.  ICTs also contribute in terms of providing a nexus in the value chain. This would mean that there is more coordination among the players and access to markets for the farmers, case in point is "La Ruche qui dit oui" in France.  In the case of developing countries, the introduction of mobile money transfers has made it easier for farmers to instantly access their cash. This conveniently facilitates financial transactions for the purposes personal use and purchase of inputs.