Didier Muyiramye
Researcher in Digital Agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation.
At CTA since June 2019
Biography
Didier Muyiramye is passionate about the role of digital technologies in agricultural transformation. With over 5 years of agribusiness work experience, he worked at CTA, providing Monitoring and Evaluation support for various ICT4Ag projects, as well as documenting the key impacts of the Data4Ag programme. He holds a Masters Degree in Rural Development and Natural Resources Management from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Previously, he worked for PUM Netherlands senior experts and AgriProFocus Network in Rwanda, gaining expertise in farmer profiling, online platform data management and business brokering services.
Articles
A declaration for the better use of West Africa’s agricultural open data
by Didier Muyiramye , André Laperrière and Chris Addison
Government delegates from French-speaking African countries met to discuss the importance of open data in economic and social development.
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Farm data supports agricultural decision-making in Burundi
by Didier Muyiramye , Annick Sezibera and Chris Addison
The CTA-funded project, Monitoring Family Farms Within CAPAD Member Cooperatives, aims to improve agricultural product development and marketing activities through the trial and use of ICTs. These technical developments are intended to better support farmer members of the Confederation of Agricultural Producer Associations for Development (CAPAD), in Burundi.
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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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Reviewing 20 years of ICT in ACP agriculture
by Didier Muyiramye , Chris Addison and Yanick Bakker
The momentum of change and disruption brought about by ICT’s in supplementing or replacing traditional farming systems was not something that anyone predicted. Drawing on nearly 100 issues of CTA’s ICT Update magazine, this article examines how ICTs have come to represent modern farming and have driven access to agricultural information over the past 20 years.
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Publications
events
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Sep 30
Strike Two Summit: Farm Income
This summit comprises of three events where digital innovations are showcased to make our food system more circular, sustainable and future-proof. Each event is focused on a part of the food chain: starting with a consumer-orientated event on building trust, followed by an event entirely for farming industry and…
