#5 Hamza Chaham - what it takes to get AI powered tools into the hands of smallholder farmers

In this episode, we could have focused on the tech side of agriculture with Moroccan agripreneur Hamza Chaham, because it is digital technology that is really turning agriculture into an exciting scientifically based business. And his company, SOWIT, is using AI powered tools like sensors and probes, trackers and drones, in their work with farmers, government and food producers to successfully help optimize yields.

For Hamza, however, this is not where the hope for food security lies.

Agritech involves powerful tools, but it is the farmer who ultimately needs to use them. And given that the majority of smallholder farmers grow their crops on a mere 12% of the worlds farmland, yet feed 80% of people in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, it is with these smallholder farmers, where tech can have the biggest impact in the future.

But how to get this tech into the hands of farmers, who often are not digitally savvy and rely on traditional methods to grow their food?

That is the focus of today's insightful conversation with Hamza as he shares his journey to understanding that the farmer, is at the centre of the push for innovation and food security, not technology.

For more information on Hamza Chaham, visit his AfricanOptimist guest page, where you can find his bio, show notes and episode transcript.

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