Mapping the Data Ecosystem & Designing Requirements for Malawi’s Agricultural Sector
An under-utilization of M&E data limits the government’s ability to understand what works and how to allocate resources more effectively. What does it take to design a platform to collect, manage, and analyze a country’s agricultural information? Through the Results Data Initiative (RDI), DG worked with Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MOAIWD) […]
Conceptual Framework for the Design of the National Agriculture Management Information System (NAMIS)
Conceptual Framework for the Design of the National Agriculture Management Information System (NAMIS)
The Custom Assessment and Landscaping Methodology: Balancing Accountability and Learning in M&E Systems
Custom Assessment Landscaping Methodology (CALM): Balancing Accountability and Learning in M&E Systems shares one approach for developing tools and processes that increase the utility and impact of data for decision-making. It also shares case studies from our work with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Malawi to provide an overview of how implementing CALM supports the design of more balanced M&E data systems.
National Agriculture Management Information System (NAMIS) Executive Summary
National Agriculture Management Information System (NAMIS) Executive Summary
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.
Fertilizer Technical Working Groups Provide Key Insights into Africa’s Fertilizer Sector
From June 2021 to September 2022, Development Gateway: An IREX Venture’s (DG’s) Visualizing Insights on Fertilizer for African Agriculture (VIFAA) program convened 12 Fertilizer Technical Working Groups in 14 countries which have yielded essential information on Africa’s fertilizer sector, including insights on how geopolitical events have impacted the fertilizer sector and what is needed to mitigate resulting threats to food security throughout Africa.
Launching: Digital Advisory Support Services for Accelerated Rural Transformation (DAS)
The Digital Advisory Support Services for Accelerated Rural Transformation (DAS) Program launched in March 2022 and will go through March 2025. Development Gateway: an IREX Venture (DG) will implement the grant in partnership with Jengalab and TechChange to advance Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) in the agricultural sector across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Unlocking the potential of digital public infrastructure for climate data and agriculture: Malawi
DG’s DAS Program recently attended an event on creating a national digital public infrastructure (DPI) in Malawi in order to increase the impact of climate data to combat current and future agricultural issues caused by climate change. In this blog, we reflect on three insights on DPIs that were revealed during the event discussion.