Subsequently, different groups came together at the actual Hackathon day: the LinkingPins, the representatives of the 10 smallholder farmer groups, various digital experts deriving from the Digital 100 and other organisations such as Worth Internet Systems, representatives of the Partos member organisations active in these regions: Woord en Daad, Heifer and Edukans, and two of the Most Inspiring Digital Innovation organisations 2020, namely Ifarm360 and Hydroponic Farms. All of them sharing their expertise and co-creating a way to connect farmers to each other and to support available in their regions. This has led to new collaborations that are still operating at this point and is led by the Linking persons in the two different regions. The group is looking for a way to set up a digital platform run by the smallholder farmer groups connecting the farmers to each other and to available support.
This hackathon, in which we searched for locally-led answers to food-related challenges, was perceived as a great success by the participants.