The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, said Information and Communication Technology ICT was critical to the growth of the agricultural sector.
Inuwa said ICT could guarantee cash flow and be a major contributor to the nations’ Gross Domestic Product GDP.
Inuwa said this this while receiving the Co-Founder of Corporate Farmers International CFI Akinwale Alabi, and his team at the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
This was made known in a statement signed by Head, Public Affairs, NITDA Hadizar Umar.
Inuwa noted that disruptive innovation, using emerging technologies, would create new markets and easy access to new products and services.
According to him, there is need to create value chain, and platform to bring farmers, up takers and financial institutions together.
He said that would ease the purchase of goods and services through orders placed on the platform, and that a logistics company could also be requested to pick up and deliver the item ordered.
