I’d like to thank all previous participants(@simone_sala ,@thembani.malapela and @John-w-)in this subject. I believe that all of you here do agree that ICTs are making it easier for us to connect with farmers in documenting, packaging and understanding our agricultural needs. This is a very fascinating topic to me as an ICT practitioner, who has a great interest in linking my knowledge to the horticultural field. To my opinion the main constraints I have experienced are:

-Lack of demonstration sites and innovation labs -although there are ICT trainings in educational institutions, some try to teach lightly regarding topics in agriculture, for my case, I learned about hydroponic systems, which I never had hands on experience and didn’t even know how it looked like, but had to do an exam for it. By larger growers and successful farmers networking with educational institutions to create interest, It will really stimulate the future of ICTs to all.

-Poor Supporting Environment/Infrastructure-Horti-crop business doesn’t  get enough attention as it needs, especially in Africa. we are experiencing a lack of clear policies to support ICTs and linking them with agriculture, and also deficient innovative agricultural technologies investment projects.

-High Telecommunication costs-Setting up a new system to monitor crops can be a pinch to a small grower as it needs an extensive investment in setting up, operating costs and maintenance.

-Complexity of ICT systems-Sometimes we see older people and people with limited education  being scared of computers, illiteracy, or maybe they just lack interest…maybe, they just find them too complicated, but that same group of people find mobile phones very easy to use(especially for social networking),as the mobile phone market is making a tremendous revolution, developing of simple apps for these people can make things a lot more easier, and an interest in ICT’s can be very quickly built. e. g. creating a weather control app which gathers information from simple sensors installed in the farm.(small investment for necessary production results VS 'high tech' big investment for more professional results)

  However, the population of the developing countries is much higher than the developed ones. Thus, the use of simple and affordable technologies is undoubtedly the upcoming solution in making ICTS more efficient in sustainable intensification in Agriculture, especially in the developing countries context.