{"id":161,"date":"2024-07-12T06:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T06:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/?p=161"},"modified":"2024-07-14T14:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T14:04:56","slug":"dr-ronald-tombe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/far-leaf-profiles\/dr-ronald-tombe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Ronald Tombe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-11568p-856041d47d46a9bc5995f37354670fb3\">\n.avia-section.av-11568p-856041d47d46a9bc5995f37354670fb3{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/content-banner.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-11568p-856041d47d46a9bc5995f37354670fb3 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  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scaling of digital systems for enhancing productivity, knowledge preservation and income of indigenous communities<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>DR RONALD TOMBE<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-lylm83tf-9d84d983cf6b7603c1101a642b0761ba entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_postcontent  container grid-row-not-first  container_wrap fullsize'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylm7t65-87e9999b5d503079367ac2545145defc\">\n.flex_cell.av-lylm7t65-87e9999b5d503079367ac2545145defc{\nvertical-align:top;\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-lylm7t65-87e9999b5d503079367ac2545145defc av-gridrow-cell av_one_half no_margin  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  content-align-top'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><div  class='flex_column av-rovgx-b89dfe1bdda91ce264a41296d8e04bcb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-animated-generic left-to-right  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l8tax-def6a6b7de04cabcfac083bc5323aea3\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l8tax-def6a6b7de04cabcfac083bc5323aea3 .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l8tax-def6a6b7de04cabcfac083bc5323aea3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In Kenya and South Africa, female farmers and those of a young age have still been marginalised despite the availability of Internet of Things technologies being made available by the state and other sectors. This includes essential services like farming seminars, educational facilities and digital services for entrepreneurial activities. Despite the potential of possessing internet-enabled digital devices, the information and communication technologies that can bridge the gaps to inclusiveness are severely underutilised.<\/p>\n<p>This impacts food security, well-being and the socio-economic development of indigenous communities in poor rural and urban areas, and plays a fundamental role in achieving peace, safety and sustainable development. In Kenya and South Africa, agricultural production accounts for most informal employment. Women and youth are most affected by high unemployment and have inadequate access to essential services.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ronald Tombe\u2019s Future Africa Research Leader Fellowship (FAR-LeaF) research project is titled \u2018Inclusive agricultural transformation: Innovations and scaling of digital systems for enhancing productivity, knowledge preservation and incomes of indigenous communities\u2019. He is passionate about research and creating contextualised software solutions that are easier to use and that enrich user experiences. This postdoctoral opportunity will be an avenue to share, learn and innovate digital solutions that will enable economy-sector stakeholders, such as students and business start-ups, to utilise technology learning and business tools contextualised in Africa for easy transacting.<\/p>\n<p>There needs to be more integration in the agricultural chain to enable farmers to access markets easily, receive timely and reliable information on farming techniques from farmer-to-farmers and government agrarian agencies, and access credit based on their farming history.<\/p>\n<p>The agricultural value chain supports well-experienced commercial producers, leaving little room for small-scale farmers, primarily women and youth; this leaves them lacking in skills and access to markets and capital. This, in turn, makes it difficult for these emerging farmers to have meaningful participation in the agricultural value chain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylm89m1-e66ff5afe99e9e04159665912acabd11\">\n.flex_cell.av-lylm89m1-e66ff5afe99e9e04159665912acabd11{\nvertical-align:top;\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-lylm89m1-e66ff5afe99e9e04159665912acabd11 av-gridrow-cell av_one_half no_margin  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  content-align-top'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><p><div  class='flex_column av-dd8yx-e14a4aa19c4a770dc59c3d64a7dd2331 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-10  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-animated-generic left-to-right  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6mn69-41e2ca0eef338d5382b390200bb5d26c\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-6mn69-41e2ca0eef338d5382b390200bb5d26c .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6mn69-41e2ca0eef338d5382b390200bb5d26c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Dr Tombe\u2019s project aims to redress the imbalance to ensure the inclusion and participation of women and youth in the agricultural value chain. Governments have set up strategic initiatives such as agricultural parks that seek to create hubs of farming activities and include promising economic infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Without coordination among the various players to align interests and drive the vision forward, these strategies will remain susceptible and vulnerable to endogenous and external pressures. Generally, agriculture has the highest potential for poverty reduction through food sufficiency and wealth creation. Effective digital solutions will enable farmers in developing countries to deal with challenges such as timely farming advice on farming practices, quick access to market information on farm produce and access to capital.<\/p>\n<p><strong><small>Dr Ronald Tombe is a lecturer and the programme coordinator for the African Institute of Indigenous Knowledge Systems node at Kisii University, Kenya. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, as well as an MSc in Software Engineering and a BSc in Information and Technology, both from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. He has published research articles in medium-to-high impact factor journals and presented at international conferences. His research interests are artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning and human-centred interaction with respect to providing solutions that improve extension service delivery for indigenous communities in the agricultural sector. Dr Tombe is a reviewer for two Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers journals \u2013 Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters \u2013 the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing and IGI Global\u2019s International Journal of Computer Vision.<\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column_table av-lylmaaso-57efac7618f0d63545a406763f03e8a2 sc-av_three_fifth av-break-at-tablet-flextable av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylmaaso-57efac7618f0d63545a406763f03e8a2\">\n.flex_column.av-lylmaaso-57efac7618f0d63545a406763f03e8a2{\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lylmaaso-57efac7618f0d63545a406763f03e8a2 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_fifth  first no_margin av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-animated-generic left-to-right av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylmbrru-e65835ef00f00a7e96afe4f9c4831025\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lylmbrru-e65835ef00f00a7e96afe4f9c4831025 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lylmbrru-e65835ef00f00a7e96afe4f9c4831025 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lylmbrru-e65835ef00f00a7e96afe4f9c4831025 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-13  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-203 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-203 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Ronald-01.jpg\" alt='' title=''  height=\"338\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Ronald-01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.futureafrica.science\/farleaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Ronald-01-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylmb8fl-d70a63bff9394f8a2a7926a696b67bd9\">\n.flex_column.av-lylmb8fl-d70a63bff9394f8a2a7926a696b67bd9{\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\nbackground-color:#1a78bd;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n.flex_column.av-lylmb8fl-d70a63bff9394f8a2a7926a696b67bd9{\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n.flex_column.av-lylmb8fl-d70a63bff9394f8a2a7926a696b67bd9{\npadding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lylmb8fl-d70a63bff9394f8a2a7926a696b67bd9 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  no_margin av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-animated-generic left-to-right  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lylm9ou3-c96d5a4122c8c67df916e10503e278ed\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lylm9ou3-c96d5a4122c8c67df916e10503e278ed .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lylm9ou3-c96d5a4122c8c67df916e10503e278ed '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dr Ronald Tombe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FAR-LEAF Research Fellow<br \/>\nKisii University<br \/>\n<strong>Kenya<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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