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Functionality of Grow Africa’s web portal
The Gap Analysis Tool for Agriculture
Social Business Network
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Open network for farmers
and SME’s companies to
interface with information
and opportunities
A SOCIAL
MARKETPLACE
FOR OPPORTUNITIES
AND INFORMATION
Public / Private Data
A platform of platforms to
aggregate multiple data
sources and make them
accessible for decisionmaking
Grow Africa’s GATA tool is a web-based analysis
instrument to assist governments, policymakers,
farmers and farmer organisations, as well as
companies, in establishing and prioritising potential
agricultural projects. GATA enables the user to identify
value-chain gaps, essential farmer capabilities and
investment opportunities. The tool is crop-specific;
hence, for each value chain, a “stages of excellence”
framework will allow users to benchmark current
capabilities and enabling factors that determine
farmers’ performance and their ability to generate
income from their crops. This then generates a list
of investment options and their associated impact
on yield, selling price, labour costs and postharvest
losses. By calculating the Net Present Value (NPV) of
each individual investment option, the tool determines
the viability of smallholder farmers closing gaps
in the value chain and generating more income.
For government agencies, companies or farmers
themselves, the tool will help determine the likely
economic impact of any potential decisions, providing
a more informed basis for devising strategic priorities
to promote improved agricultural practices that are also
commercially sustainable. Maize is the first value chain
that has been developed as a prototype, with other
value chains to follow.
You can explore GATA as it is launched
at www.growafrica.com/gata
GATA is being developed with generous support from
our Knowledge Partner: A.T. Kearney.
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Community network for
Grow Africa partners to
connect and collaborate
MAIZE VALUE CHAIN EXAMPLE
Tools
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Gap Analysis Tool for
Agriculture
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Plus more to come
through partnerships
and Development Kit
gH
Timeline for development
1 2 3
June 2014:
Launch
September 2014:
Social website as
foundation for growth
2015:
Integrated digital
services platform
Social Business Network to connect
and promote African agribusinesses.
Lightweight integration with
social media, open data and user
functionalities.
Agricultural value chain piloted and
available for exploration on the Gap
Analysis Tool.
Expanded integration of datasets
Online collaboration piloted through
value-chain partnerships
Tailored user experience
Pipeline of business opportunities
Connecting to and exchanging data
with global partners to drive agricultural
growth across Africa
Engaging farmer organisations to
promote adoption by smallholders
through mobile applications
Applicable to small-scale and
commercial farmers
Applicable to commercial farmers
Applicable to small-scale farmers
Once off
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