Our approach to agriculture
We’re on a mission to make the agriculture sector more sustainable, fair, and climate resilient. Smallholder farmers are central to this mission. We’ve developed a number of applications, data analysis techniques, and practical resources to help smallholder farmers improve their livelihoods and achieve a living income.
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We’re on a mission to make the agriculture sector more sustainable, fair, and climate resilient. Smallholder farmers are central to this mission. We’ve developed a number of applications, data analysis techniques, and practical resources to help smallholder farmers improve their livelihoods and achieve a living income.
Want to know more?
How a data-driven approach can help
1. Maximising data use
A lot of sustainability data is collected, but most of its value is untapped due to limited capacity in data sharing, analysis, and use.
2. Sector wide collaboration
Strong data processes and tech infrastructure allow us to collaborate and drive multi-stakeholder initiatives.
3. Putting smallholder farmers first
Regardless of their tech literacy levels, resources, and contexts, smallholder farmers should have access to useful data for decision making.
Ebook: How to measure the income of smallholder farmers
A step-by-step guide for development professionals
Some of our agriculture work
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Carble helps coffee brands reduce their carbon footprint by rewarding coffee farmers for the carbon they store in forest canopies. In order to monitor carbon storage, as well as how farmer livelihoods are impacted by these carbon-payments, Carble needs reliable data on carbon storage, income, and the living income gap. Together with Carble, Akvo piloted […]
Establishing a living income baseline for coffee farmers -
Nestlé, JDE Peet’s, and the USAID Green Invest Asia project have recently launched a joint carbon footprint initiative for two important global Robusta origins in Vietnam and Indonesia. This is part of an unprecedented partnership between the two biggest coffee buyers in the world and ten of their supply chain partners. The carbon assessment is […]
Assessing the carbon footprint of coffee production in Indonesia -
The Neer Tamba project aims to improve the living conditions and incomes of almost 200,000 rural households that are among the poorest in Burkina Faso, enabling them to increase their autonomy and expand their role in building economic and social sustainability. The project focuses on: Strengthening resilience to climate change at the household, farm and village levels through […]
Resource management and rural development in Burkina Faso
Our ideas for a data-driven agriculture sector
We have 10+ years of experience designing and implementing data-driven solutions for our agriculture partners. Based on our expertise, we’ve developed a number of concepts for potential solutions that we believe could significantly boost impact.
Do you want to use data and technology to boost the impact of your agriculture programme?
Our regional hubs
Tech solutions
Our expertise
We apply the principles of open source software, open content and open data to all of our work.
Find out why and how.