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This potential can be used to implement the interventions needed to reverse worrying trends of food insecurity, increase food production, implement sustainable solutions, bring youth into agriculture, combat malnutrition, and also, to strengthen the overall performance of the agricultural sector. While big data may be the best way to revolutionize the agricultural sector, we have to bridge the gap to better reach and involve the farmers. First, the agricultural policy must be crafted in a way that enhances the availability of quality data, guides new reforms to help farmers increase productivity and informs proper decision-making in agricultural investments. Government and its supporting partners, like businesses, the private sector and donor agencies, need to chart the way to support increasingly data-driven and data-enabled agricultural operations. There also needs to be initiatives in place to ensure farmers are able to contribute to the knowledge and adaptability of the process.