Insights

The Dairy Use-case of the DAAS project is being implemented by Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) and utilizes the Agricultural Transformation Institution’s 8028 IVR line to disseminate advisory information.

Digital Green's Digital Empowerment to Enhance Productivity’ (DEEP) project is building technological skills of frontline workers (FLWs) and farmers, especially women led farmers organizations, and small and marginal farmer collectives.

In Ethiopia, Digital Green, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), is piloting the digital farmer registry which aims to empower the country’s agricultural extension capacity and impact by facilitating demand-driven extension and advisory services.

Emuye began compost harvesting about 1 and a half years ago and has been utilizing it for her backyard vegetables, fruits, and maize productions.

To ensure women’s economic, social, and political empowerment, Digital Green started implementing the self-help group (SHG) model in the Advancing Conservation, Agriculture and Livelihoods project funded by the Packard Foundation in Jimma, Ethiopia in 2019.

Women farmers conduct up to 75% of farm work, accounting for 70% of family food production in Ethiopia. However, women produce up to 35% less than male farmers because they have less access to extension services and inputs

International Youth Day 2022 focuses on creating a world for all ages. Young people continue facing age-related barriers in many spheres of life, including employment.

In celebration of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and in observation of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, Digital Green would like to draw attention to the importance of supporting indigenous people and preserving indigenous languages and their unique cultures.

In Ethiopia, Digital Green has been implementing our flagship community video approach to build the capacity of extension agents.

We have always been farmers, and we have been doing things individually for a long time, but this is the first time we have gotten together and realized what can be accomplished as a group, whether it is in sharing knowledge, or identifying, and working through our challenges, or even farming practices.