Desired scenarios – would be where smallholder farmers are making decision that are driven by the data. One scenario would be personalized farmers data base from their experience in farming which they will have documented using the current available artifacts such as smartphones or through social networking. My opinion on this is informed by the current changing farming practices (especially in Sub-Saharan Africa) where there is an increasing emergence of medium scale farmers that are now playing a major role in synthesizing information and data in their decision making and thus influencing other so called smallholder farmers to adopt their practices.

The rate adoption of the data-driven agriculture will depend on the value that the farmers perceive in it in achieving their goals.

How would the success look like – Farmers having ‘small-data’ either in their smart phones or any other digital artifacts that they are able to relate and help them in decision making. Then we will have other data either in private or government or other organizations that will work in synergy either for policy or business that farmers with capabilities may utilize.