Antoinette Marie

Oct 17, 2024 | businessfightspoverty.org | Antoinette Marie |Zahid Torres-Rahman

Boosting Smallholder Farmer Incomes Requires an Innovative Data-Driven ApproachThe Challenges Facing Farmers TodaySmallholder farmers are essential to the global food supply, producing up to 80% of the food consumed in much of the developing world. Yet many of these farmers live below the poverty line due to a combination of factors, including rising production costs, inefficient farming techniques, and pricing models that do not account for the true cost of farming.

May 21, 2024 | heifer.org | Antoinette Marie

For all the heated debate over the risks and role of artificial intelligence (AI), its potential is arguably greatest for the world’s 600 million smallholder farmers, who have so far missed out on the benefits of the data revolution. These farmers often work on less than two hectares (five acres) each yet produce around a third of the world’s food supply. But low levels of literacy and numeracy, combined with their remote locations, mean they are typically excluded from the formal economy.

May 14, 2024 | impakter.com | Antoinette Marie

For all the heated debate over the risks and role of artificial intelligence (AI), its potential is arguably greatest for the world’s 600 million smallholder farmers, who have so far missed out on the benefits of the data revolution. These farmers often work on less than two hectares each yet produce around a third of the world’s food supply. But low levels of literacy and numeracy, combined with their remote locations, mean they are typically excluded from the formal economy.