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Timothy Thomas

Timothy Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. Tim’s work involves developing innovative methods for simulated climate futures and model coordination between climate, crop, water, energy, and economics.

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Policy, regulation, and digital agriculture in Africa (AgriLinks)

December 05, 2019

Agrilinks published an article by Senior Research Fellows David Spielman and Katrin Glatzel on the digitalization of African countries. Digital agriculture solutions are being piloted or scaled to provide smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs with an array of products and services to boost agricultural production and improve their livelihoods. How does the role of government evolve as the fast-paced, forward motion of digitalization builds?

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