Fourth Industrial Revolution

How $1 scratch cards are helping farmers invest for the future

Sep 29, 2020

Ajege Zacharia and wife Victoria Kigbu work on their farm in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Abuja, Nigeria June 10, 2020. Picture taken June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC2RPH998KQ1

African farmers’ fortunes have been dealt a blow by the pandemic. Image: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Anushka Ratnayake

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, myAgro

Share:

The Big Picture

Explore and monitor how Fourth Industrial Revolution is affecting economies, industries and global issues

A hand holding a looking glass by a lake

Crowdsource Innovation

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale

Stay up to date:

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Have you read?

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS

Image: Mastercard

Discover

What is the World Economic Forum doing to champion social innovation?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

Sign up for free

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Related topics:

Fourth Industrial Revolution Social Innovation Food Security Agriculture, Food and Beverage Development Finance Sustainable Development

Share:

Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

More on Fourth Industrial Revolution
See all

Life after the hype: How AI is transforming industries and economies

Alejo Czerwonko and Jules White

December 1, 2023

First Movers Coalition: over 90 members send world's largest clean demand signal for emerging climate technologies

December 1, 2023

3D-printing breakthrough and other tech news you need to know

Sebastian Buckup

November 30, 2023

Unleashing Business Model Innovation in US Manufacturing

Nov 14, 2023

The International Space Station has just marked a significant anniversary. Here's what life inside is like

Sean Fleming and Ian Shine

November 8, 2023

World's first flying taxi, and other technology stories you need to read

Sebastian Buckup

November 3, 2023