Using the Land Potential Knowledge System(LandPKS) Mobile Technology for Agricultural
Productivity and Resilience
African Technology Policy Studies Network
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Nicholas Ozor
Ernest Nti Acheampong
Jeffrey Herrick
Adam Beh

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Using the Land Potential Knowledge System(LandPKS) Mobile Technology for Agricultural
Productivity and Resilience

Nicholas Ozor
Ernest Nti Acheampong

African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)

Jeffrey Herrick
Adam BehUS Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) is a trans-disciplinary
network of researchers, policymakers, private sector actors and the civilsociety promoting the generation, dissemination, use and mastery of Science,
Technology and Innovations (STI) for African development, environmental
sustainability and global inclusion. In collaboration with like-minded institutions,
ATPS provides platforms for regional and international research and knowledge
sharing in order to build Africa’s capabilities in STI policy research, policymaking
and implementation for sustainable development.
Published by the African Technology Policy Studies Network
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ISBN: 978-9966-030-82-5

Table of Contents
About Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) of the US Departmentof Agriculture

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About the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)

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Acknowledgement5

1. Introduction

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2. Advancing agricultural production through and Communication Technology(ICTs)
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3. LandPKS applications and opportunities for agricultural productivity andresilience

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4. Policy Considerations

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5. Conclusion

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About Agricultural Research Service (USDAARS) of the US Department of Agriculture
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
chief scientific in-house research agency. Our job is finding solutions to agriculturalproblems that affect Americans every day from field to table. The ARS conducts
research to develop and transfer solutions to agricultural problems of high national
priority and provide information access and dissemination to: ensure highquality, safe food, and other; agricultural products; assess the nutritional needsof Americans; sustain a competitive agricultural economy; enhance the natural
resource base and the environment and provide economic opportunities for rural
citizens, communities, and society as a whole. The ARS vision is to lead America
towards a better future through agricultural research and information. Currently,
the ARS has around 750 research projects within 17 National Programs, a staff
capacity of 2000 scientists and post docs, and 6,000 other employees stationed
at over 90 research locations, including overseas laboratories with $1.1 billion
fiscal year budget.

About The African Technology Policy
Studies Network (ATPS)
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) is a trans-disciplinary
network of researchers, policymakers, private sector actors and the civil society
promoting the generation, dissemination, use and mastery of Science, Technology
and Innovations (STI) for African development, environmental sustainability
and global inclusion. ATPS has over 1,300 members and 3000 stakeholders inover 51 countries in 5 continents with institutional partnerships worldwide. We
implement our programs through members in national chapters established in
30 countries (27 in Africa and 3 Diaspora chapters in the Australia, United Statesof America, and United Kingdom). In collaboration with like-minded institutions,
ATPS provides platforms for regional and international research and knowledge
sharing in order to build Africa’s capabilities in STI policy research, policymaking
and implementation for sustainable development.

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Using the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) Mobile Technology for Agricultural Productivity and ResilienceAcknowledgement
This Policy Brief was produced by the African Technology Policy Studies Network(ATPS) in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural
Research Service (USDA-ARS) with funding support from the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID). We acknowledge the contributionsof the ATPS research team including Brenda Sudi and Mark Arango.

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1.Introduction
Africa’s continued agricultural growth over the last couple of years has comefrom land expansion rather than increased productivity1. However, available
agricultural lands are rapidly diminishing due to urbanization, while soil fertility
continue to decline due to land degradation, poor farming practices, soil erosion,and the impact of climate change. There are growing concerns to rethink current
land use mechanisms, and devise innovative strategies that ensure that available
land under agricultural production becomes more productive and sustainable.
Efforts to achieve increased food productivity will come not only from agriculturalintensification and land conversion production strategies but will require accessto accurate, robust, and timely information and knowledge of land potential tosupport decision making at the various scales of the agricultural system. By
empowering farmers with information via access to modern technology, they will
be in a better position to innovate and effectively change the potential of theirland through farm practices that enhance productivity as well as increase cropand land resilience to variable and changing climatic conditions.
Advances in mobile technological application are paving the way for thedevelopment of new innovative tools that can facilitate the integration of
information and knowledge, using local knowledge and crowdsourcing
technologies in effective decision-making on land management strategies for
improved agricultural production. The rapid expansion of internet accessibility
through mobile phone networks together with simple mobile applications
provides new opportunities to connect farmers, extension workers, development
planners, and policymakers with site-specific knowledge and information onland potentials. Leveraging the emerging technological trend, the Land-Potential
Knowledge System (LandPKS) project presents a suite of mobile apps that allows
individuals and organizations to use a mobile phone to determine land potential
at a specific location based on local and global knowledge and information.
The LandPKS project is designed to directly support land management
decisions by farmers, ranchers, and pastoralists; inform land use planningand investments in land management by governments, non-governmental andoverseas development assistant organizations. The LandPKS development
draws enormous data support and collaborative effort from the Food andAgriculture Organization; Global Soil Map; the International Soil Reference
and Information Center, Conservation International’s Vital Signs Project; Kenya
Agricultural Research Institute; African Soil Information System; European
Environment Agency, including Eye on Earth; and several Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research Centres; as well as a number of sustainable
land management knowledge systems such as World Overview of Conservation
Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT).
Fuglie,K. O and Rada, N. E. 2013. Resources, Policies, and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Economic
Research Report Number 145. Pp. 1-70.

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Using the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) Mobile Technology for Agricultural Productivity and ResilienceA shared understanding of land potential by governments, farmers, pastoralists,and development workers through LandPKS has the capacity to sustainably
increase agricultural production, rangeland restoration and improvement of otherecosystem services2.

2. Advancing Agricultural Production
Through Information and Communication
Technology (ICTs)
At the 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva,
Switzerland, the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
advancing agricultural development to enhance food security and support
rural livelihoods was highly recognized and officially endorsed3. This effort has
served as a springboard for ICT revolution in agriculture, culminating into theuse of computers, geographic information systems, internet and mobile phones
to contribute to agricultural development and poverty reduction in developing
countries. Given that Africa’s agriculture sector which employs about 73% of
rural Africa has underperformed over the past 40 years4, the strategic applicationof ICT offers a highly suitable pathway for Africa’s agricultural sector to redeem
itself as the backbone of economies of most African countries.
Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are embracing mobile technology applicationin agriculture. This move is effectively shaping agricultural practices andimproving market value chain. Several mobile phone based initiatives have been
introduced. For example, the m-farm and esoko provide up-to-date market
prices via an app or SMS for farmers’ commodities as well as create a platform
for knowledge sharing on farming practices. Other examples include mAgricand the mfarmer initiatives which were launched by the Groupe Speciale Mobile
Association (GSMA) to improve productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers
and benefit the agriculture sector in emerging markets. It improves their accessto information, financial services and supply chain solutions and delivered via
mobile phones using sustainable business models. Another mobile technology
includes a tracking system application that contributes to improved supply
chain efficiency for agricultural products by providing traceability of products indemand by consumers thereby potentially reducing food spoilage5.
http://landpotential.org/sites/landpotential.org/files/LandPKS%201%20page%20summary_ab%20jeh.pdf. Accessed 16
February 2015
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Stienen, J., Bruinsma, W and Neuman, F. 2007. How ICT can make a difference in agricultural livelihoods. http://www.
iicd.org/files/ICT%20and%20agricultural%20livelihoods.pdf. Accessed on 14 December 2014
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Van Zyl, O. and Alexander, T., De Graaf L. and Mukherjee K. 2012. eTransform aFrica: ICTs for agriculture in
Africa. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTINFORMATIONANDCOMMUNICATIONANDTECHNOLOGIES/
Resources/282822-1346223280837/Agriculture.pdf. Accessed 14 February 2015.
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Vodafone, Acceture and Oxfam 2011. Connected Agriculture: The role of mobile in driving efficiency and sustainability
in the food and agriculture value chain. http://www.vodafone.com/content/dam/vodafone/about/sustainability/2011/pdf/
connected_agriculture.pdf . Accessed 15 February 2015.
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Furthering the efforts to improve agriculture development through ICT application,
the Land Potential Knowledge Systems (LandPKS) seeks to produce a suiteof innovative mobile data collection and analysis tools to support local land
management and land use planning to optimize food security, land restoration,
climate change adaptation, and biodiversity conservation programs. The overall
goal is to globalize knowledge by collecting, sharing and integrating local andscientific knowledge about the potential productivity and resilience in order tosupport long-term sustainable land productivity.
The LandPKS suite of integrated mobile phone applications will allow farmers,
extension workers, development organizations, and national governments toaccess, share and apply the best available knowledge and information to informchoices of land management strategies, land use planning and specific types ofinterventions at field, regional, and national scales. The uniqueness of the LandPKS
project is its development approach which is community-driven, offering roomfor feedbacks to be incorporated into the system. Currently, the project is being
piloted in North-central Kenya and North-eastern Namibia, spearheaded by
the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS),
the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) and other partners withfunding support from the United States Agency for International Development(USAID)

3. LandPKSApplications
andOpportunities for Agricultural Productivity
and Resilience
Currently, two mobile apps namely LandInfo and LandCover apps have been
produced under the LandPKS project. The apps already include multiple options
depending on user knowledge and experience (e.g. for texture), and user guide
videos that help users to improve their own estimates. These mobile apps
produced from the LandPKS project are constantly reviewed and updated basedon feedback from pilot field testing with farmers to improve the features, userfunctions as well as make them more user-friendly.
LandInfo and LandCover Apps: A Brief Description
The LandInfo mobile app produces knowledge and information that explicitly
define land potential (relative productivity and degradation risk) by identifying theland management system that is most appropriate for local conditions6. Tapping
into recent advances in cloud computing, digital soil mapping, Global Positioning
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Herrick, J.E. et al. 2013. The global Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS): supporting evidence-based, site
specific land use and management through cloud computing, mobile apps and crowdsourcing. Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation; Vol. 68 (1): 5A-12A.
http://www.jswconline.org/content/68/1/5A.full.pdf+html Accessed 17 February 2015.

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Using the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) Mobile Technology for Agricultural Productivity and ResilienceSystem (GPS) enabled camera phones, the LandInfo app allows users to enter
point-specific information about soil texture, topography and easily observablesoil properties and in turn obtain site-specific data including temperature, rainfall,estimated amount of water the soil can store for plants, and growing season
length among others. The LandCover application functions using a stick method
in assessing vegetation cover and structure of plot of land. The outputs of theLand cover provide important information such as percentages of bare groundand vegetation cover, which is important in rangeland health monitoring.
Potential Opportunity of LandPKS Technology for Enhancing Agricultural
Productivity and Resilience
The introduction of LandPKS suite of mobile apps in agriculture is part of a wider
effort to modernize and globalize agricultural knowledge, taking advantage of thecurrent digital revolution. At the global level, the LandPKS technology aims tofacilitate the development of knowledge system and make real-time information
about crops, soil types, and land use strategies accessible for decision making
in agricultural production. Scientists will have access to a global geo-referenced
database for calibrating remote sensing imagery and testing hypotheses
globally. At the regional level, the LandPKS system can be used to inform landuse planning at a finer scale than is possible with generalized soil maps. At thenational level, governments, NGO’s and donor agencies can use the system tohelp identify where support (development projects) for conservation, production
type and other development efforts are likely to have the greatest impact, andavoid mistakes that sometimes increase, rather than reduce, land degradation.
Policymakers will be able to aggregate data across larger areas without losing
key information, such as the presence of small, highly productive, bio-diverse, orvulnerable sites within a region. At the Local level (farm/conservancy/watershed),
farmers, extension agents, development planners, and consultants can use thesystem to supplement their own knowledge of land potential and answer questions
about sustainable land management options at the field scale. LandPKS provides
extension workers with the ability to instantaneously access the best available
information and interpret it in the context of local socio-economic conditions andlocal values, including crop preferences for a particular farm location.

4.Policy Considerations
A review of mobile phone services for supporting agricultural knowledge
management and decision making has shown that leveraging mobile phone
application for agricultural production can engender highly beneficial outcomesfrom the local to national, regional and global scales. These outcomes include
among other things enhanced land and crop productivity, appropriate crop andland production choices, enhanced value-chain development, access to markets,and information on commodity prices. A recent report by Vodafone identified
twelve ICT based opportunities that has the potential to deliver approximately
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75% of agricultural income from access to financial services, markets, improving
data visibility and agricultural information via mobile phone usage. These
opportunities include: mobile payment system, micro-insurance system, microlending platform; mobile information platform, farmer helpline, smart logistics,
traceability and tracking system, mobile management of supplier networks,
mobile management of distribution networks, agricultural trading platform,
agricultural tendering platform and agricultural bartering platform7.
Using LandPKS to achieve sustainable agricultural development goals requires
greater investments in networking, awareness creation, advocacy, and capacity
building to promote transfer of this technology, its adoption and application andmainstreaming into local, national and regional agricultural/land policies. Highly
important is the fact that, LandPKS application is demand driven and affordable
with the ability to reach the majority of target beneficiaries. The long-term impact
and sustainability of LandPKS will principally rely on instituting flexible but
strongly supportive policies, technological appropriateness, and the enabling
environments for innovation.
The following policy strategies are not exhaustive but serve as soundconsiderations to guide the development, application and sustainability of
LandPKS in supporting agricultural development:
Creation of an Enabling Environment for Innovation
Implementing the LandPKS technology as an agricultural development
intervention at a broader scale requires favourable but flexible regulatory andpolicy environments that foster the growth and integration of ICT in development
planning. Governments should offer incentives for the telecommunication sector
to make mobile broadband service and smart phones affordable and widely
accessible particularly in rural communities. Incentives may be in the form oftax breaks for smart mobile phone manufacturers, reduction of duty on mobile
phones, and public-private partnership investment in telecommunication
infrastructure. Governments must capitalize on the potential contributions oftechnologies such as LandPKS to improve agricultural productivity, yield andsustainable land management by implementing robust and appropriate measuresthat would translate these potentials into real benefits. A case example is in
Nigeria where the Federal Ministry of Agriculture announced in 2012 their plans
to procure ten million mobile phones, worth about N60 billion, from China andthe US for free distribution to rural farmers across the country as part of the
Ministry of Agriculture’s e-Wallet project. Under the initiative, the Ministry officials
would be able to educate, inform and communicate with the farmers in the rural
areas across the country on the latest and best agricultural practices, as well as
Vodafone 2012. Connected Agriculture The role of mobile in driving efficiency and sustainability in the food andagriculture value chain. http://www.vodafone.com/content/dam/vodafone/about/sustainability/2011/pdf/connected_
agriculture.pdf Accessed 14 February 2015.

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Using the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) Mobile Technology for Agricultural Productivity and Resiliencethe current prices of commodities in the market8. It will be interesting to evaluate
the impact of such initiative on agricultural development in Nigeria.
Development of a National e-Agriculture Policy
As the role of mobile phone in agriculture deepens, African countries should asa matter of urgency formulate national e-Agriculture policy which would explore
and outline the possibilities of leveraging mobile phone-enabled platforms to
produce robust models/tools that deliver agricultural information services for
effective decision making at various scales. Currently, many African countries
have developed national e-health, e-governance, and e-education policy
strategies but are yet to develop a national e-agriculture policy for the sector that
contribute to the major part of their GDPs. Two countries, Ivory Coast and South
Africa have so far taken the initiative to develop e-agriculture strategies in linewith emerging global ICT trends9. Fundamental to the success of this policy willbe the involvement of stakeholders and political commitment with the necessary
budget allocation for policy implementation, research, and training.
Supporting Mobile Service Infrastructure
According to a recent report on mobile phone application and agriculture
commissioned by Vodafone, the widespread of mobile technology deepens theprospect of increasing agricultural income to the tune of US$ 48 billion fromemerging market in Africa by 202010. The success of a wider coverage and useof mobile phone application in agriculture will partly depend on the combined
effort of government and the private sector. The private sector continues toremain the engine of ICT growth in Africa. Effort by governments in Africancountries to improve ICT infrastructure remain minimal, however, there aresome good initiatives by governments through the establishment of appropriate
institutional arrangement to facilitate ICTs infrastructural development. A
laudable example by the Rwandan government is the establishment of Rwanda
Information Technology Authority (RITA) to implement the National Information
and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) Plan. The plan specifically focuses onbuilding an export-oriented ICT industry and to boost development through ICT
use in sectors such as agriculture, education, health, etc. The government is also
working with international IT companies, such as Cisco and Sun Microsystems,
to develop ICT training facilities and Telecenters.
Creation of More Awareness on LandPKS Technology
Mobile phone application in agriculture is gradually gaining momentum in Africancountries and LandPKS technology is a new innovative knowledge system that
Daily Trust, 2013. Federal Government of Republic of Nigeria to give farmers N60 billion cell phones. Accessed 26
February 2015.
9Lohento K., Speer, M, Kouable, N. 2013. e-agriculture strategies: the case of Ivory Coast. e-agriculture strategies. Issue
No. 73.
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Vodafone 2012. Connected Agriculture The role of mobile in driving efficiency and sustainability in the food andagriculture value chain. http://www.vodafone.com/content/dam/vodafone/about/sustainability/2011/pdf/connected_
agriculture.pdf. Accessed 14 February 2015
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has the potential to turn the face of agriculture on the continent. Evidence has
shown that creating awareness and access to information via mobile phones
can contribute significantly to farmers’ livelihood, yield and income. In the2012 World Bank “Information and Communications for Development “ report,
farmer’s income increased between 16.5% and 36% in Uganda and 10% in
Ghana,following enhanced access to market information through mobile phones11.
It is very important to create awareness about the technology and the potential
it offers to the different user categories including policymakers, development
planners, extension workers, pastoralists, and farmers among others. Only thencan these stakeholders realise the potential of LandPKS technology and apply
it accordingly in their respective areas of agricultural development systems.
National awareness of the value and benefits of LandPKS technology may
take time to realize, however, advocating and engaging stakeholders including
government and development partners at the national policy level may create
more visibility and provide incentives for higher adoption rate for the technology.
Strengthening of End-Users’ Engagement from Onset
It is important for developers and investors of technological innovations to pay
serious attention to investment in human capacity and end-users’ participationin planning and design stages. Several years of agricultural development
experience have shown the importance of engaging farmers and policymakers
in new technology development projects from the beginning. Many technologicalinnovations have experienced low uptake, lack of interest, and trust whendevelopers have concentrated on the technology alone without integrating theinterests and aspirations of other critical stakeholders in the entire process. As along-term strategy towards integrating mobile phone application in development,
effort to integrate information technology into education systems from theprimary to tertiary levels should be strengthened. Establishing short training
courses on emerging technologies and innovations, tailored to meet the needsof beneficiaries such rural farmers will boost their confidence, enhance adoption
and expose them to the era of technological advancement. A good example
is the “Agriculture, Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society”(ARDYIS) project of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation(CTA), which seeks to strengthen youth capacity and promote youth sensitization
on ICTs for agriculture and rural sector development. The project is intended tofacilitate the platform for engagement of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)
youth in agriculture, rural development information, and communication andtechnology sectors12.
World Bank Report 2012. Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile. Washington, DC:
World Bank. DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8991-1; website: http://www.worldbank.org/ict/IC4D2012 . License: Creative
Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0
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http://ardyis.cta.int/ Accessed 14 February 2015.
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Using the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) Mobile Technology for Agricultural Productivity and Resilience5.Conclusion
The emerging role of ICTs in sustainable agriculture as facilitator and theirtransformative effects on social and economic development can no doubt
be underestimated. In this brief, we have highlighted successful cases of the
impact of ICTs, particularly mobile phone technologies on agriculture, which
accounts for the vast majority of rural employment. The LandPKS technology
provides a suite of mobile apps that would contribute significantly to unleashing
the potential of lands for productive uses, and building resilience in societies
globally. Field piloting of the LandPKS system in North-central Kenya and Northeastern Namibia has provided promising evidence of LandInfo and LandCoverapp viability to provide vital information for decision making on land potential,
restorative practices and resilience at local, national, regional, and global scales.
The ubiquitous status of mobile phone technology and its application in core
sectors of the developing countries’ economy, in particular agriculture, presents
both opportunities and challenges. Like other mobile technologies before it,
LandPKS risks being subjected to inflated expectation. While there is optimism
about the prospects of LandPKS to play an important role in sustainable land
management, we remain cautious about the multiple barriers that could impede
practical implementation of LandPKS to benefit agriculture particularly issues
related to the open access and crowdsourcing nature of LandPKS and theimplications for intellectual property, legal protection and data privacy.
Highly essential to the success of implementation of LandPKS technology at awider scale is to understand the obstacles for LandPKS application, acknowledging
the limits, its capacity and relevant context within which LandPKS operates. In
the longer term, a study would be necessary to examine the extended benefitof LandPKS technology towards addressing social economic issues such as
poverty alleviation, migration and conflicts. In such circumstances, the LandPKS
technology may offer sustainable solutions for better decision making and in
empowering farmers at the local and national levels.

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