Pierre C. Sibiry Traore

SERVIR West Africa User Engagement Lead, ICRISAT

A systems scientist specialized in agricultural risk control and value chain orchestration, Sibiry is by training a physical geographer and a remote sensing expert. With Manobi Africa, he developed agCelerant and the concept of phygital agriculture, which captures the emergent opportunity for robust, physically based, digitally driven solutions to secure the sustainability, transparency, and honorable sourcing of tomorrow’s food systems – from fork to farm and back. Sibiry co-designed and co-led several innovative projects such as SERVIR West Africa (phase 2), HEURISTICS, NADiRA and STARS, raising R&D grants from USAID, DARPA, ESA, the European Commission, the World Bank, IsDB, BMGF and others. Sibiry published over 60 peer-reviewed papers and developed novel partnerships involving the CGIAR, national agricultural research systems (NARS), NGOs, the private sector and academia. More recently, he developed a vibrant partnership with AIMS-NEI, creating internship and employment opportunities for African AI/ML graduates in the agriculture and space sectors. Sibiry is global lead for Digital Agriculture at ICRISAT and User Engagement Lead for SERVIR West Africa.