Insights

Today we’re announcing the release of FarmStack, an open-source protocol which powers the secure transfer of data. FarmStack enables secure and controlled exchange of data which can inform tailored solutions for farmers, greatly reduce costs for organizations, and expand the reach of existing tools.

Our India Country Director, shares his thoughts on the opportunity that digital technology provides us to empower farmers with choices to make informed decisions, making them active partners and participants in the development outcome.

Digital Green is delighted to share that we received a $15 million unrestricted grant from MacKenzie Scott. This is an extremely generous gift that will be exceptionally transformational for Digital Green and the small-scale growers, especially women, that we serve.

The Feed the Future Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC) project undertook a study to analyze the digital agricultural extension and advisory services in Niger.

The resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in India has affected more than 23 million people in the country, including Digital Green staff who have gotten sick or sadly, lost loved ones. We grieve with our staff during these difficult times.

Access our peer-reviewed paper on the RCT UPAVAN published in the Lancet here. UPAVAN was designed as a four-arm cluster RCT assessing the nutrition and agricultural impact and cost-effectiveness.

Digital Green takes inspiration from women as we press forward to achieve gender equality and close gender gaps in digital literacy and access, agricultural productivity, nutrition and health, and access to extension and other services.

The advisory and research organization IDinsight worked with Digital Green to assess the effectiveness of our low cost tech solutions for farmers. Here we share a summary and link to the study.

A chapter on Digital Green told through the eyes of an extension worker - published in the Michigan State University e-book on Innovations in Agricultural Extension

If it was not for COVID-19, the desert locust crisis would be the most significant challenge facing Africa this decade. Read about this webinar focusing on innovations and last mile solutions to dealing with the desert locust crisis.