Mercy Corps AgriFin has partnered with GIZ to produce a series of blog posts focused on insights and lessons learned associated with digital platforms for agriculture.
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The Blueprint Series: The Emerging Potential for Government in Digital Agriculture at KALRO
There are very few ‘quick wins’ for agri-tech organizations working to provide smallholder farmers with affordable and meaningful products and services. It can take many years for innovators to reach the scale they need to become viable, with one of the main reasons being the critical need to keep products affordable for a segment of the farming population with very low spending power.
The Blueprint Series: Is Whatsapp for Business (API) the future of smallholder farmer digitization in Africa?
DigiFarm, a Kenya-based social enterprise and subsidiary of Safaricom, provides a platform for smallholder farmers that offers convenient access to various services, including discounted inputs, financing, and advice on best farming practices, all from a 2G enabled mobile phone. DigiFarm won the Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets in this year’s GSMAs 2020 Global Mobile Awards.
The Blueprint Series: Can Agribusinesses Successfully Pivot to Digital Agricultural Platforms?
Digital Agriculture Platforms (DAPs) are emerging as a scale vehicle for technology innovators across agriculture ecosystems to tie together the wide array of actors needed to drive sustainable productivity and inclusion for the world’s smallholders at the end of the last mile. While there are different types of platforms, GIZ and Mercy Corps AgriFin present four types of common DAPs characterized by the type of organization leading the platform, including agribusinesses, TELCOS, banks, and government institutions.
Introducing the Digital Agriculture Platform Blueprint Series with GIZ & Dalberg
Mercy Corps AgriFin has partnered with GIZ and Dalberg on a Digital Platforms for Agriculture (DAP) program, a six-month initiative to work with platform partners and young technology innovators in Kenya and Nigeria exploring sustainable pathways to scale.
Introducing the Agile Impact Series
In recognition of the wide reach and diverse range of products and services offered through the AgriFin ecosystem we are working with 60 Decibels to measure our impact across some of our strategic partners.
Digital Climate Smart Agriculture
AgriFin recently released its sector learning playbook for “Digital Climate Smart Agriculture” – (D-CSA), but what does it mean?