AgroGreen Services

Stagnant agricultural productivity creates a serious food insecurity problem, and has become a major development challenge for Africa;

Declining agricultural productivity can be reversed through building agricultural innovation systems that provide an enabling framework for not only for the adoption of existing technologies but for building new ones that are suited for Africa’s needs.

In this process, the smallholder farmers who make up the bulk of the continent’s farmers, are a centre point of attention.

AgroGreen Services & Strategy. 

maat International is leading relevant initiatives aligned with de Food Safety principle, providing services and technological solutions to the Food Industry Value Chain, and related government entities, in four relevant areas, which are integrated in the ACeFoS Solution, by maat International.

A fresh perspective is called for to address issues of food security in Africa, and this can be done best within an integrated technology and innovation.

The ACeFoS (Advanced Center for Food Safety) is built around a platform that supports production processes, transportation, traceability and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and in a second phase to the Information Systems and Management of producers, wholesalers and suppliers, customers and associates to the food supply chain.

The general objective of ACeFoS is to have a Cloud Solution for the deployment of a System Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) in all process chain, contributing to the improvement of the competitiveness and safety of the sector.

The specific objective of ACeFoS in the food production, supply chain, from its origin until it reaches the consumer, is developing a technology platform that enables anytime, real-time access to all product information consulted.

Technology and Economic Growth.

Output (Y) is a function of capital (K), labour (L) and technology (T)  

Y=f(K, L, T)

  - Economic growth is directly a function of Kp, Kh and improved technologies.
  - Controversy over the relative importance of each; the shares vary by time, industry and country.
  - Additional growth determinants: Initial conditions; institutions and incentive structures; geography; national policies; perhaps culture.
  - Technology - knowledge applied to the production of goods or services or solving practical problems.

Different forms: 

   - Physical Machinery
   - Production Processes
   - Software 
   - Tacit Knowledge

Knowledge – the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
 

  - Diversification from commodities (agriculture, minerals) into manufacturing; structural economic transformation
  - Building strong productive capacities 
  - MSME and farmer development – the core of firms in Africa
  - Small open economy means high vulnerability to shocks
  - Low resilience to shocks
  - Climate change adaptation/mitigation
  - Food, energy security
  - Competitive enterprises and industries – in agriculture, manufacturing, services; SME development
  - Poverty reduction via inclusive, sustainable growth and development, job creation

UNCTADs approach to leverage Agricultural Productive capacities and global integration