• 3/9/22

Can online platforms facilitate locally led development?

Can information accessibility facilitate and scale locally led development?

In 2022, there are many online platforms that facilitate information exchange, from Zoom to Whatsapp to YouTube to Agrilinks, USAID’s flagship agriculture and food security knowledge-sharing platform. Agrilinks enables any individual, project or organization with a connection to food security and agriculture to create an account and share information. Through this model, Agrilinks democratizes and increases information accessibility on a global scale.

This session at ICTforAg 2022 co-created by Agrilinks with USAID dove into how online platforms can help local leaders and US government decision-makers push agriculture forward.

Speakers:

  • Zachary Baquet, Strategy and Learning Advisor, USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security

  • Dr. Catherine Lilian Nakalembe, Associate Research Professor, University of Maryland

  • Ekanikpong Ben, CEO, El-kanis and Partners

  • Jean Claude Rubyogo, Leader of Global Bean Programme and Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance, Director, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT& Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)

  • Kiersten Johnson, Team Leader, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Management Team, USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

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