Martien van Nieuwkoop, Gates Foundation and Ms Million Bekele, Oromia Regional State joined Nedamco Africa at the fireside chat at the Ethiopian Pavillion at COP31, hosted by Zweder Wurfbain.

The Nedamco Ethiopia COP32 AI for precision farming use case for smallholder farmers is fully focused on combining:
– Large scale AI Advisory for smallholder farmers (including last mile delivery through AI Kiosks and skilling)
– Carbon flagship project directly supporting smallholder farmers.

The objective is straightforward: use CORSIA carbon market revenues combined with AI-driven agricultural transformation, improving yield and smallholder farmer incomes, increase food and water security, improving biodiversity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration at scale.

The AI for precision farming advice can calculate how much each individual smallholder farmer has contributed to CORSIA carbon credits through sequestration and reduction of carbon emissions through among others crop rotation, so that each individual smallholder farmer can be financially rewarded accordingly.