DCAS Theme
Focus on Climate Advisory
With COP26, the world is enforcing global climate action and coordinated efforts to reduce climate change and its impacts. Even with increased efforts to mitigate climate change in the coming decades, the impact of climate change on agriculture will be severe. This will put substantial pressure on the agri-food value chains world-wide, and particularly affect the livelihoods of small-scale producers in low- and middle-income countries. To mitigate the risks of a changing climate and associated extreme weather-related events, farmers need good and actionable advice. Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) are a way to merge high-quality data on weather and weather forecasts with the many other information sources that determine how (extreme) weather will affect local conditions and which action might be needed.
Digital Climate Advisory Services in the Digital Agri Hub
Insights on Digital Climate Advisory Services
As part of the work on the assessment of digital solutions in agriculture, Digital Agri Hub also publishes associated knowledge products and insights. In the field of Digital Climate Advisory, we have recently published an
insights brief on DCAS, presenting a framework to assess the potential to succesfully develop and scale Digital Climate Advisory Services and applying that framework to 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
We have also specifically looked into the role of impact investors in the evolution of DCAS solutions for small scale producers, with specific examples from use cases in India, and published our insights in this blog post.
We have also specifically looked into the role of impact investors in the evolution of DCAS solutions for small scale producers, with specific examples from use cases in India, and published our insights in this blog post.