Washington, DC/Nairobi, Kenya, September 14, 2022 – CGIAR and the Linux Foundation have formed a research partnership to develop a standard way of sharing data about agricultural fields at scale, which could deliver global benefits, including for the estimated 500 million smallholder farmers that produce about a third of the world’s food. Accurate data on the location and size of
Research shows that digital innovations can increase small-scale farmers’ incomes, boost the adoption of better practices, and increase resilience to climate shocks while reducing the gender gap and managing food system risks. However, these benefits are not universal. Over 600 million people and 40 percent of small farms are still not covered by mobile internet, especially in those countries most
Data collection and analytics are key functions in modern development projects, but are often performed by contracted staff who may be unaware of the local context and take their skills and data access with them after the project ends. To address this issue, the CGIAR Digital Innovation Initiative has partnered with the Open Knowledge Kit (OK Kit), created to enable
From satellites launched into low orbit, to smartphones spreading across the developing world, each day the Earth is pictured in greater detail and frequency than before. Researchers are continually finding new ways to use these images to increase agricultural productivity and resilience to climate change, every method has its drawbacks and challenges, especially when it comes to smallholder farming. Here
The CGIAR Research Initiatives on Digital Innovation and AgriLAC Resiliente have collaborated with stakeholders to develop digital agriculture professionals in critical locations along the Central American Dry Corridor. A total of 26 agricultural professionals completed a new Digital Agriculture university diploma course, created to strengthen regional technical capacity in digital agriculture to enable better informed, data-driven decisions in agri-food systems.
Author: Patience Mukuyu (IWMI) Deteriorating water quality is a global challenge, more so in surface waters. Traditional methods of monitoring water quality are human resource intensive and require the active involvement of technical personnel in remote environments. Nonetheless, it is essential to monitor water quality trends and to obtain baseline information on how water resources are being impacted over time
In her budget speech, India finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated, “A digital public infrastructure for agriculture will be built as an open source, open standard and interoperable public good that will develop farmer-centric solutions for crop planning, crop estimation, market intelligence and support for the growth of agri-tech industry and start-ups.” Without a digital public infrastructure (DPI), digital agriculture is
Jeffrey Dickinson (American University) and Jawoo Koo (IFPRI). Photo credit: CIFOR It is widely recognized that agricultural interventions should be responsive to the needs of women farmers, but what if they face other barriers to benefit equally from increases in production? Our paper analyzes survey data to evaluate differences in the prices of crops sold by men and those sold