Insights
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Reflections
Teach by showing and learn by doing: Insights from a development agent in Ethiopia
May 6, 2022Tejo Teneshu, 25 years of age, is a development agent. Over the past five years, the development agents in Edo Balo have adopted Digital Green’s video extension approach in order to improve how they deliver advisory services to these farmers.READ MORE -
Inspiration
Farmers’ resilience in times of crisis
April 26, 2022Smallholder farmers contribute the most to our food systems, and yet they are amongst the most vulnerable groups in poverty. With COVID-19 posing a threat to their livelihoods, to bolster the resilience of smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh, Digital Green’s COVID-19 Resilience Support Program enabled efficient delivery of targeted, relevant and timely advisory recommendations, and worked on improving access to markets and market information.READ MORE -
Vision
Using gender analysis to ensure the inclusion of women in agricultural extension services
March 30, 2022In order to identify and respond to the barriers that women face in accessing technology and extension services, DAAS undertook a gender analysis.READ MORE -
Inspiration
Advancing the livelihoods and resilience of women farmers in India
March 28, 2022Women small-scale producers across India lack the information, and agency to lead resilient and sustainable livelihoods.READ MORE -
Reflections
Foundational and complementary approaches nutrition sensitive agriculture: UPAVAN’s legacy
March 23, 2022Maternal and child undernutrition in tribal areas of rural India has been one of the most pressing issues in the Indian development landscape.READ MORE -
Reflections,Vision
Reaching more women farmers via empowering extension agents
March 4, 2022Digital Green recognizes that engaging institutions in change processes is critical to removing structural barriers that reinforce gender norms. We are committed to support government partners in implementing strategies that advance women's access to agricultural extension services by acknowledging the power of incentives and informal systems that reinforce norms.READ MORE -
Samvad
A Hope for a Healthier Tomorrow in India
March 2, 2022Munnawar is a 42-year-old ASHA worker hailing from a Muslim family in Banera which is one of the Muslim dominant villages of Naarsan block in Haridwar. She has four daughters and four sons, and her husband works as an agricultural laborer - they both work hard to ensure that their children obtain formal education which they were not able to as they did not have the means. Despite this, Munnawar has gone on to become one of the most well-known ASHA workers in her community, catering to more than 1400 families, because of how well she connects with mothers and their families.READ MORE -
Reflections
Reaching More Farmers through IVR
February 17, 2022Digital Green reached more than 18600 farmers, including 1957 female farmers, with various seasonal agricultural messages in five different languages through ATA’s 8028 in the past six months. The messages, transmitted starting from June, 2021; focuses on Harvest and Post-Harvest, Weeding & Fertilizer Application, Pest & Disease Control, Row Planting, Land Preparation, Seed Selection for crops like Wheat, Tef, Barley, Maize, Sorghum, Coffee.READ MORE -
Inspiration
“ I have witnessed the social change the video extension has brought to farmers” a reflection from a Model Master Trainer
February 2, 2022In Ethiopia, Digital Green is training government agriculture office staff in video production and video dissemination.READ MORE -
Vision
Digital Green and KALRO partner to improve the data sharing ecosystem in Kenyan agriculture
January 31, 2022We are honored to announce a new partnership with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to improve the agricultural data ecosystem in Kenya.READ MORE
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