The ICTforAg 2024 covers a wide range of topics focused on localizing ICT to empower and engage small-scale producers in the global South. Our Washington, DC event explores the localization of ICT, responsible AI in agriculture, the potential for AI to increase farm profitability, empowering citizen science, and harnessing digital solutions for sustainable and regenerative farming practices. Ten breakout sessions will cover topics ranging from weather-based index insurance, food security monitoring, and the role of ICT in empowering smallholder farmers in the global carbon market.

For further information on the event agenda, please click HERE.

IFPRI Organizers

• Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Rowena Valmonte-Santos, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

Opening Remarks (9:00am EDT)

• James Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM), IFPRI

Panel Discussion – Localizing ICT: Empowering and Engaging Small-Scale Producers in the Global South (10:00am EDT)

• Catherine Ragasa, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel Discussion – Localizing AI: Part 1. Bridging Innovation and Regulation (11:30am EDT)

• David Spielman, Director, Innovation Policy and Scaling (IPS), IFPRI
• Patricia Zambrano, Senior Program Manager, IFPRI

Panel Discussion – Localizing AI: Part 2. Can AI Make (More) Money for Farmers? (12:00pm EDT)

• Rui Benfica, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Breakout Session- Harnessing Analytical Tools for Enhanced Food Security Monitoring (1:30pm EDT)

• Soonho Kim, Senior Data Manager, IFPRI
• Betina Dimaranan, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI
• Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRI
• Sediqa Zaki, Research Analyst, IFPRI
• Abdullah Mamun, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI
• Brendan Rice, Research Specialist, IFPRI
• Nicholas Minot, Deputy Division Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, IFPRI
• Yanyan Liu, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Weilun Shi, Research Analyst, IFPRI

Panel Discussion- Localizing Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture (4:15pm EDT)

• Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI

Moderators

• Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
• Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI