Certainly, FSN must take into account new emerging technologies. However, it has to take into account the specific challenges that affect some farming communities living mainly in rural areas such as ignorance, inaccessibility (cost, knowledge, geographically, etc.). Those emerging technologies can obviously affect positively the issues of climate change, droughts, by providing timely accurate information to anticipate some challenges. But how to do it differently as it is done today. How can meteorological information and data be regularly and promptly produced and be available usefully to smallholder farmers to avoid and mitigate risks. Technology is one thing, but some issues like strong institutions, governance systems, infrastructure, research, women and young farmers’ inclusion, data management, etc.
Mr. MBABAZI Francis