Focus Area: Agriculture

Visualizing Information on Seeds Using Technology in Africa (TASAI-VISTA)

Maize in a test field

The timely availability of high-quality, affordable seeds is critical to improving food security, resilience, and livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Africa. Specifically, monitoring seed systems enables us to diagnose gaps and prioritize needs to ensure food security. 1 Background Seed systems are the network of actors and institutions that facilitate a farmer’s access to seeds. […]

The Soil Nutrient Roadmap

With roughly 65% of the world’s remaining uncultivated arable land, Africa holds immense promise for agricultural growth. Yet degrading soil health and fragmented data systems are preventing effective action from being taken. According to the African Union (AU), about 75-80% of the continent’s cultivated land is degraded, with a loss of 30 to 60 kg […]

a Livestock Information Vision Ethiopia (aLIVE) Program

With funding from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and in partnership with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) DG’s a Livestock Information Vision for Ethiopia (aLIVE) program aims to empower Ethiopia’s stakeholders in the livestock sector to make data-informed decisions by providing relevant, accurate, timely, and digital livestock data and analytics. Ultimately, the aLIVE […]

Digital Advisory Support Services for Accelerated Rural Transformation (DAS) Program

The DAS Program seeks to advance food security across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia by advancing access to and use of technological solutions that support smallholder farmers.  Our Digital Advisory Support Services for Accelerated Rural Transformation (DAS) Program aims to close the gap in digital tools and information access for smallholder farmers. The […]

Mapping the Data Ecosystem & Designing Requirements for Malawi’s Agricultural Sector

Malawi Workshop

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) […]