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Woman demonstrates a Soil-Plant Analyses Development (SPAD) meter, used to measure the chlorophyll content of a plant in Machinga, Malawi as a part of a precision agriculture training. Photo: William Burke, Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, Machinga, Malawi.
Woman demonstrates a Soil-Plant Analyses Development (SPAD) meter, used to measure the chlorophyll content of a plant in Machinga, Malawi as a part of a precision agriculture training. Photo: William Burke, Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, Machinga, Malawi.

Technology is a key to scaling up agricultural innovations and improving farmers’ access to markets, finance and information. Today, there are countless platforms  that farmers can use to track production, planting, weather, prices, and more. This compilation of resources features some of the pioneering applications of technology for agricultural development, from drones and remote sensors to mobile training videos to support agricultural extension. 

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Mobile Technology Puts Kenya A Step Ahead For Food Security

Mobile Technology Puts Kenya A Step Ahead For Food Security Imagine a service in rural Nigeria, where smallholder farmers can send a text message and a tractor will appear and...

Madison Lawson

Dec 13, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Food Safety
Photo: East African truck of bananas. Credit: AMA Innovation Labs Building Market Linkages for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda.

Using ICT for Agricultural Markets: A Q&A with Tara Chiu of the Feed the Future Assets and Market Access Innovation Lab

For Agrilinks’ focus on information and communication technology for agriculture this month, this interview with Tara Chiu, Assistant Director of the Feed the Future Assets and Market Access Innovation Lab...

April Thompson

April Thompson

Dec 08, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Policy and Governance
Photo: Women.

Digital Solutions for Agriculture: Updates Worth Tracking

Read up on exciting new reseach on digital solutions for agriculture.

Judith Payne

Dec 07, 2017
Agricultural Productivity

This December, Agrilinks Delves into ICT4Ag

Digital technology is key to scaling up agricultural innovations and improving smallholder farmers’ access to markets, information and financial services. Today, there are countless platforms to help farmers track production...

April Thompson

Agrilinks Team

Nov 29, 2017
Agricultural Productivity
Photo: Plantation of cocoa producer Hermógenes Pastrán Reyes in Río San Juan, Nicaragua. Credit: Morgan Arnold for LWR.

Mapping the Distinctive Flavor of Central American Cocoa

The LWR Regional Cocoa Flavor Map will help cocoa producers to better connect with buyers of fine and specialty cocoa, who can quickly identify the sources for the cocoa flavors...

Lutheran World Relief in concert with Corus International

Nov 22, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade
Photo: Yelp banner.

Yelp for Smallholder Farmers: Does It Work and How?

Read up on lessons learned from one study on implementing a crowdsourced information platform in the agricultural sector.

Andrew Westbury

Nov 09, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Photo: SoilCares soil scanner.

Soil Scanner Attracts Youth to Agriculture

Kenyan young people have the chance to become soil experts with the support of SoilCares Foundation.

Mariya Petrova

Nov 02, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Youth
Photo: Geo-spatial view of South Africa.

Geosolutions: Facilitating Development Analysis

Geospatial technology is revolutionizing the business and development world. Smallholder farmers, private sector agribusinesses and financial institutions can greatly benefit by incorporating geographic information software into their business and development...

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation

Oct 27, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Photo: A woman watches a video on recommended practices.

Designing Gender-Sensitive Agricultural Extension Information Campaigns

This study tests if household-level outcomes — awareness, understanding, experimentation or adoption of a technology or practice — can be influenced by small changes in the extension approach through several...

Bjorn Van Campenhout

Oct 05, 2017
Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Gender
Photo: Overhead view of farmland.

What’s the Ground Truth? Leveraging the Satellite Revolution for Smallholders Requires Investment

What is the value of having a goal if you can’t measure it? This axiom does not exactly relate to international efforts to increase crops yields for small-scale farmers in...

Andrew Westbury

Sep 14, 2017
Agricultural Productivity

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