Échos du secteur de la noix de cajou – André M. Tandjiekpon
André M. Tandjiekpon, Secrétaire exécutif du Conseil international consultatif du cajou (CICC), donne un aperçu du travail du CICC et explique comment la plateforme Cashew-IN développée par DG contribuera à son travail.
Voices of the Cashew Sector – André M. Tandjiekpon
André M. Tandjiekpon, Executive Secretary of the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC), gives an overview of CICC’s work and explains how the Cashew-IN platform developed by DG will support his work.
Cashew-IN Platform Demo
Development Gateway (DG) and Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) have partnered to launch an innovative platform to support the West African cashew sector and increase profitability for cashew farmers. Comprehensive and reliable data is required for cashew farmers, producers, processors, and others in the West African cashew sector to increase profits, reduce loss, and improve global competitiveness.
In this video, Vanessa Baudin Sanchez and Nadejda Mândrescu demonstrate the features of the Cashew-IN platform and discuss the underlying technology.
Échos du secteur de la noix de cajou – Kassimou Issaka
Kassimou Issaka, agroéconomiste et directeur général de l’Agence territoriale de développement agricole (ATDA Pôles), donne un aperçu du travail de l’ATDA et explique comment la plateforme Cashew-IN développée par DG et CNFA soutiendra son travail.
Voices of the Cashew Sector – Kassimou Issaka
Kassimou Issaka, Agroeconomist and General Manager of the Territorial Agency for Agricultural Development (ATDA Pôles), gives an overview of ATDA Pôles’ work and explains how the Cashew-IN platform developed by CNFA and DG will support his work.
DG at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
Representatives from Development Gateway: an IREX Venture (DG) will be attending the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) from September 5-9 in Kigali, Rwanda to highlight two projects: the Visualizing Insights on African Agriculture (VIFAA) project and the Farmer-Centric Data Governance Models project.
The Cashew-IN Platform: An Assessment of the Cashew Sectors in Five Countries (Part 2)
In the first part of this blog series, we discussed the CALM assessment of the cashew data ecosystem, key findings from the assessment, and how DG is using the findings as well as partner and stakeholder feedback to guide the development of the Cashew-IN platform, a website that will facilitate access to and use of data to improve decision-making for policymakers, farmers, and the private sector.
In this blog, we will look at the indicators on the Cashew-IN platform and what the data is telling us about the cashew sector more broadly.
The Cashew-IN Platform: A Deep Dive on Designing to Meet Stakeholder Needs (Part 1)
The Cashew-IN program, which DG started in partnership with Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture in 2020, conducted a landscape assessment of the data in the cashew sectors of five countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Nigeria. The assessment findings will inform the Cashew-IN platform, a website that the program is developing to facilitate use of data in order to improve decision-making for policymakers, farmers, and the private sector. In this blog (part 1 of 2), we explore the assessment process, findings, and how stakeholders plan to use the platform.
Advancing Food Security in 18 African Countries: Launching the New AfricaFertilizer.org Website
Tuesday, November 29, Nairobi, Kenya — The new AfricaFertilizer.org website is launching today. The website advances food security throughout Africa by providing in-depth data on fertilizer supply chains and availability in 18 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The AfricaFertilizer.org website was developed by AfricaFertilizer.org (AFO) in partnership with Development Gateway: an IREX Venture (DG) and Wallace […]