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Our Expertise: Agriculture

Harnessing Data to Enhance Agricultural & Food Security

Food security remains a critical priority, especially in rapidly growing regions like sub-Saharan Africa. DG harnesses data to help decision-makers understand agricultural, economic, and market systems, enabling timely, targeted support for farmers. By focusing on strengthening larger systems, we work to ensure smallholder farmers can access the information they need. We also build tools with partners to support information sharing, streamline processes, and ensure data quality and long-term sustainability, integrating learning strategies throughout to enable high-quality decision-making and results.

The Soil Nutrient Roadmap
The Soil Nutrient Roadmap

The Soil Nutrient Roadmap helps governments translate soil health targets into costed, sequenced national plans – linking nutrient gaps to budgets, policies, and investment decisions.

2025 - 2026
a Livestock Information Vision Ethiopia (aLIVE) Program
a Livestock Information Vision Ethiopia (aLIVE) Program

The aLIVE program is fulfilling the needs of livestock decision-makers in Ethiopia by improving the accessibility and reliability of livestock data. The overall goal of aLIVE is to support Ethiopia in meeting national food demands as well as achieving food security while building a more robust, independent economy.

2022 - Present Advise, Build
Digital Advisory Support Services for Accelerated Rural Transformation (DAS) Program
Digital Advisory Support Services for Accelerated Rural Transformation (DAS) Program

The DAS Program seeks to advance food security across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia by advancing access to and use of technological solutions that support smallholder farmers.

2022 - Present Advise, Build

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