Data Democracy One Year On: Ripple Effects and Lessons Learned
(Room 24 C)
10 Apr 26
11:00 AM
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11:45 AM
When JNP Coffee and COSA set out to uncover what the actual costs were for coffee farmers and how to make their efforts profitable, they didn’t realize the ripple effects of gathering data.
Interviews with the 400 farmers in Burundi involved in this pilot project found a number of initial challenges as well as additional benefits beyond profit and loss numbers.
This presentation will share lessons learned about cost of production through this project and in addition, describe the unexpected benefits of connections to the digital world, sharing the voices of farmers involved.
· The introduction of smartphones required the introduction of solar panels to generate electricity to charge the phones.
· The transmission of the reports required the establishment of an internet connection.
. The internet connection offered farmers access to the digital world far beyond Burundi.