Opportunities and Challenges in Scaling the Use of Digital Extension Tools for Rural Farmers in the Republic of Sudan

Introduction and Background

The IFAD-funded Integrated Agriculture and Marketing Development Project (IAMDP) project is an initiative to provide agricultural information through Short Message Service (SMS) to an estimated 3,000 farmers with a target to reach 24,000 farmers in the Kordofan region of the Republic of Sudan. The assessment identified the following challenges to scaling the digital tool in Sudan:

• Limited Access to electricity and off-grid energy solutions by farmers
• Limited access to mobile and internet connectivity by rural farmers
• Low levels of literacy among rural farmers
• Low levels of access to smartphones among rural farmers
• Low data and digital analytical capacity among project and government staff

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