This blog article is a follow-up to the side event “Climate Smart Solutions: scaling pathways” in the Africa Food Systems Forum's 2024, Kigali, and in support of the eConversation on the same themes. In the face of climate change, agriculture must evolve (quickly) to become more resilient, adaptive, ...

The Digital Agriculture (D4Ag) landscape is undergoing rapid developments, generating transformative effects on global development across environmental, social, economic, and food security domains. At the forefront of tracking these developments and assessing the impact created by digital solutions l...

Scaling digital agricultural extension and advisory services for smallholder farmers in developing countries has proven to be a complex puzzle. Despite having the potential to provide valuable informat...

At the core of agricultural transformation in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, the digitalisation for agriculture (D4Ag) plays an important role in its operations. Agriculture in the NENA ...

The debate on whether digital solutions are compatible with agroecology is divided into two sides. Some people believe that precision farming technologies, which use digital tools to improve agricultur...

Investing in women – an untapped opportunity? Well, because most agricultural deals are clinched by men in high-income countries and most finance is locked in by male entrepreneurs. Despite significant...

While improved agricultural productivity and income levels for small-scale producers (SSPs) especially in Low-and mid-income countries (LMICs) have been the primary goals of digital agricultural adviso...

In a sector that is highly fragmented, synchronizing data prevents duplication of efforts while strengthening the potential of digital technologies and practices for agricultural development. Sowing th...

In Tanzania’s Tanga region, not far from the country’s business capital Dar es Salaam, Tanga Dairies Cooperative Union (TDCU) is a major buyer of milk from dairy farmers. With an extensive membership o...

Digital innovations continue to reshape the face of agriculture across Asia, offering a vehicle to improve productivity and enhance information and market access. Accelerating digital transformation in...

India is poised to undergo a major transformation of the agriculture sector, by tapping into digital tools. Contributing 27 per cent to the GDP and a source of livelihood for 58 per cent of the country...

The Digital Agri Hub pioneered the development of a D4Ag dashboard which now hosts 726 active digital innovations deployed in LMICs with global coverage. This blog describes the journey towards that ac...

In January, Digital Agri Hub organised the first in a series of webinars designed to help accelerate private sector investment in digitalisation for agriculture (D4Ag) solutions. The event offered an o...

Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) are digital services (mobile apps, radio, and climate information platforms) and digitally enabled services (printed bulletins and extension services) offering ...

With numerous actors developing, implementing and using a range of digital agriculture solutions globally, there is an urgent need to strengthen partnerships and increase investments across the digital...

Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) are digital services (mobile apps, radio and climate information platforms) together with digitally-enabled services (printed bulletins and extension services) ...

In a world where digitalisation is gaining traction at an unprecedented rate, it is important to look beyond smallholder farmers as a homogenous entity. In Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), core...

Digital technologies have strong potential to support the transformation of agriculture, building a resilient, sustainable and inclusive agrifood system. As key enablers, digital innovations can play a...