Millions of smallholder farmers harvest less than half of what their land could produce. Increasing climate events, from erratic monsoons and frequent pest outbreaks to floods and droughts compound low productivity and food insecurity, deepening the vulnerability of hundreds of millions of farming households. The science that could close this gap is advancing quickly, from AI-powered weather forecasts and stress-tolerant seeds to new climate-resilient practices.
Yet proven solutions rarely reach farmers in forms they can use, at the moment they need them.
About us
Our Solution
Working with governments across Africa and Asia, PxD delivers evidence-based information and tools that millions of farmers can use to improve their lives, from timely farming and weather guidance to climate-resilient inputs.
Our approach
Design with Farmers
We co-design with farmers to meet them where they are
Embed in government
We work with government from day one, so services can scale nationally and last over time
Test, learn, and adapt
We combine frontier research methods, including A/B testing, with direct farmer feedback to improve and scale what works
Our Impact
Cost to reach a farmer per year
Farmers reached in 2025
Benefit-cost ratio of our flagship program in India
The evidenceA randomized controlled trial evaluating PxD’s flagship initiative, collaborating with the Government of Odisha to design and scale the state’s first digital agricultural advisory service (Ama Krushi), found a 10% reduction in severe crop loss, driven by a 25% reduction in losses from pests, diseases, and weather events. In areas hit by excess rainfall, farmers harvested 9% more, with profit gains of $26–39 per farmer in a single season — equivalent to 14–30% of annual profits.
See our full Experiment Registry for the complete evidence base behind this and other services, including trials still in progress.
PxD’s model is designed to transition to government ownership from the outset, so outcomes last long after PxD is gone. In Odisha, when donor funding ended in 2022, the state government took over Ama Krushi independently, scaling it from 3.2 to 7.9 million farmers without external support.
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