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Affordable and effective solutions are being applied in a wide range of areas in which Africa has been lagging behind in terms of key development indicators. Development leaps are above all crucial in the fields of…

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The project “Scaling digital agriculture innovations through start-ups” (SAIS) supports Africans going into business in the agricultural and food sector in scaling their digital innovations and thus reaching out to a…

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For an agricultural innovation to become widely adopted by smallholders, there must be a good match between the properties of the innovation and the goals, objectives, and constraints faced by the population of farmers.…

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ICT-driven digital tools to support smallholder farmers are arguably inevitable for agricultural development, and they are gradually evolving with promising outlook. Yet, the development and delivery of these tools to…

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Many farmers already benefit from digital extension services in several areas. Personalising such structures gives them an additional edge and can result in advantages such as better input allocation and higher…

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Financial services that can be accessed and managed through a mobile phone hold promise for expanding financial inclusion among smallholder farmers. Recent research from Kenya shows that the overall uptake of services…

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In recent decades, foreign labour migration has been a key source of income for as many as half of all rural Nepalese families. Returnee migrants often bring dynamism, new ideas, and – if they are lucky – some capital to…

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