NEC and the Cote d’Ivoire Ministry of Agriculture improve farming effectiveness through digital innovation
Adding to the fair supply of farming products and steady harvests
TOKYO, Japan, October 22, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) –NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has actually begun a digital farming performance and improvement job with the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production of Cote d’Ivoire in order to enhance and update farming performance through using digital innovation with NEC Africa (Pty) Ltd. The job intends to guarantee a reasonable supply of farming products, such as seeds and fertilizers, and steady harvests through more effective farming assistance. This will be achieved by precisely recognizing and handling info on farmers and fields of rice, cassava, and corn, a few of the primary crops in Cote d’Ivoire.
using “CropScope”
Background
In Cote d’Ivoire, the farming sector represent about 30 % of the gdp (GDP), and about 50 % of the population is taken part in farming. In current years, the costs of seeds and fertilizers have actually increased dramatically due to disputes, natural catastrophes, and pandemics throughout the world, and lots of farmers have actually been not able to obtain enough products of required products.
In reaction, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the African Development Bank offered loan help to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire in the type of a co-financing plan focused on “emergency food security” (* 1). This task was carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture of Côte d’Ivoire making use of funds from this financial backing. It intends to support the smooth circulation of farming inputs and enhance farming production through digitalization.
Particularly, NEC will supply 2 services “e-Voucher,” and the farming ICT platform “CropScope” (* 2). NEC will make it possible for central management of these services utilizing distinct IDs appointed to each farmer.
Job Overview
1. Fair supply of farming products making use of “e-Voucher”
The usage of “e-Voucher” with ID cards and smart devices envisions the circulation status and history of farming products. By signing up biometric details throughout ID card issuance, unapproved usage of vouchers can be avoided, which supports the reasonable application and effective supply of advantages.
2. “CropScope” to enhance farm management and harvest effectiveness
Due to the absence of arranged details on the area, size, and crop kinds of fields handled by farmers, NEC will make use of “CropScope” to construct a database covering 30,000 hectares of farmland. This will support crop development tracking and field assessment jobs for farming consultants. NEC likewise intends to supply farming advisory functions that recommend optimum fertilization and harvest timing, adding to steady crop production. Moving forward, NEC will continue to utilize digital innovation and add to sustainable farming and food security in establishing nations through public-private collaborations.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation has actually developed itself as a leader in the combination of IT and network innovations while promoting the brand name declaration of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC allows organizations and neighborhoods to adjust to fast modifications happening in both society and the marketplace as it offers the social worths of security, security, fairness and performance to promote a more sustainable world where everybody has the possibility to reach their complete capacity. To find out more, check out NEC at https://www.nec.com.
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