Solange Tetero
Project officer
Intern ICT4Ag at CTA, from November 2018 till June 2019
Biography
Articles
Data leads to bigger profits: Traceability gains for coffee farmers in Uganda
by Solange Tetero and Chris Addison
Agriculture accounts for 70% of employment on small farms and occupies half of all land area in Uganda, providing half of all exports and one-quarter of the country’s GDP. It is considered a leading sector for future economic growth and economic inclusion in the current National Development Plan. Coffee remains the leading agricultural export commodity in the country and is expected to greatly contribute towards the realisation of the 2040 national vision.
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E-extension leads to higher yields: e-Granary benefits smallholder farmers in Kenya
by Chris Addison , Stephen Muchiri and Solange Tetero
In 2017, an assessment conducted by the International Journal of innovative studies in Science and Engineering Technologies in Kenya highlighted that with the use of ICTs, e-extension services can be availed to nearly the entire population of farmers in the country without the need for extension officers.
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Improving Zimbabwe’s capacities to effectively use open data on malnutrition
by Solange Tetero , Chipo Msengezi and Ronald Munatsi
The need to provide better access to timely and accurate data for policy makers, farmers and the private sector to inform agriculture and nutrition interventions and activities, has been widely acknowledged as part of the solution to ending malnutrition.
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Open data for agriculture: Towards improved collaboration between agriculture researchers and weather data providers
by Chipo Msengezi , Solange Tetero and Dorah Mweye
Weather represents the greatest opportunity – and risk – in the agriculture sector. Climate change presents major risks for long-term food security and developing countries may suffer the greatest share of damage in the form of declining yields and greater frequency of extreme weather events.
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