Chipo Msengezi
Project Coordinator, GODAN Action, CTA
Project Coordinator, GODAN Action, CTA
Biography
Chipo Msengezi is Project Coordinator for the GODAN Action project at CTA. She has worked in the ICT4D, capacity development and knowledge management sector for nine years. In this time Chipo has worked on various programmes in Sub-Sahara Africa to enhance capacity amongst the research and education communities in the latest information tools and advocate for the adoption of new technologies that drive development.
Articles
Accelerating open data policy formulation for agriculture’s transformation
by Chipo Msengezi , Jeanne Nel and Didier Muyiramye
Data is only be valuable if it can be accessed and used. Unfortunately, access to data is challenged in many countries by a lack of open data policies in many sectors of the economy – including agriculture.
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Open data for better land governance and capital city prospects in Tanzania
Tanzania declared its intention of shifting the national capital from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma in 1973. This declaration, along with the establishment of large institutions, fueled the expansion of Dodoma from a small town of about 45,000 people in 1973 to 410,956 people in 2012. This development has culminated in increased land demand for various urban and agricultural functions.
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GODAN Action: Digital capacity building
Increased availability of agricultural data could help overcome key challenges for the sector, however many stakeholders still struggle to access and interpret agri-data. GODAN’s Action project aims to tackle this issue.
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Publications
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From open weather data to accessible weather information services for smallholder farmers
Weather data and services derived from weather data have a high potential to enhance support for smallholder farmers in taking operational decisions on farm management. Plant growth is driven by weather variables and therefore agricultural production is directly dependent on weather conditions.
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Farmer profiling: Making data work for smallholder farmers
The objective of this research is to understand the role of farmer organisations (FO) and cooperatives in the agriculture data ecosystem. It details for each stage of the crop cycle, the findings in terms of data use, needs, and challenges and contains a summary of the findings in the form of recommendations for farmer organisations and cooperatives in terms of farmer profiling activity.
events
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Dec 1
5th Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Conference & Exhibition
AWIEF Conference brings together on an annual basis, business leaders, public decision-makers and investors from Africa and around the world for two days of discussion on innovative and sustainable solutions to challenges in the development and growth of women-owned and women-led businesses needed to transform the African economy.
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Dec 1
Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC)
Africa Geospatial Data and Internet Conference (AGDIC) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals, in discussions on public policy issues relating to geospatial, open data, ICTs and Internet in Africa. AGDIC informs and inspires those with policy-making powers across sectors in Africa to discuss, exchange information and… -
Dec 1
GODAN Action Webinar: Farmer's rights on data and ownership issues
The GODAN Action Webinar series address the need for capacity building among data users, producers and intermediaries to engage effectively with open data in the agriculture and nutrition sectors. This webinar… -
Dec 1
GODAN Action webinar: Agricultural Development - Open Data and the Sustainable Development Goals
The GODAN Action Webinar series address the need for capacity building among data users, producers and intermediaries to engage effectively with open data in the agriculture and nutrition sectors.
This webinar will focus on the use of open data to inform decision-making on sustainable development in Africa.
