Precision Development (PxD) is a global non-profit organization that harnesses technology, data science, and behavioral economics to build digital services that empower people to change their own lives.

We build low-cost information systems at scale to share knowledge with the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged people. Our pioneering model of digital development is implemented in collaboration with partner organizations to maximize scale, and we continuously experiment, iterate and gather evidence on impact to improve service delivery and demonstrate our value.

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PxD appoints Niriksha Shetty as new Chief Executive Officer
Time for some personal news, as they say. Niriksha Shetty, new …
10 Million Users Reached in the Last 12 Months!
All of us at Precision Development (PxD) are delighted to report …
Creating a Global South Inclusive Carbon Dioxide Removal Marketplace: Enhanced Rock Weathering as a Lens
Following PxD’s initiative identifying evidence-based climate change mitigation opportunities for smallholder …
Welcoming New Members and Transitions
Precision Development (PxD) is delighted to announce that Amrita Ahuja has …
Reflections on building Krishi Katha, the award-winning advisory service for smallholder farmers in West Bengal
West Bengal is the 6th largest economy in India, located on …
Innovative financing to bring clean water to drought-stricken Kenyan dairy farmers
Dairy farmers in Kenya are being hit hard by climate change. …
Embracing equity: Reflecting on PxD’s progress on gender and the way ahead
The streets of Mexico City are filled with purple with tens …
Research in Review: 2022
2022 was a tremendous leap forward for research at PxD. Our …
Making markets for carbon: can smallholder farmers benefit from investments to cut climate change?
Paying people for actions that contribute to climate change mitigation, known …
Letter from Lahore – February 2023
Punjab means “five rivers”, and those five rivers are the reason …
New Report: Exploring private sector collaboration to fund free digital extension for smallholder farmers 
A new PxD report details fee-for-service private sector collaboration to support …
Can millions of smallholder farmers meaningfully mitigate climate change and be rewarded for it? We think so.
PxD is collaborating with the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development …
Disease, Heat, and Floods: Using digital services to mitigate new challenges to women’s livelihoods in rural Pakistan
When disease and a heatwave, followed by devastating floods ravaged Pakistan’s …
New possibilities for value-added agricultural advisory services through data sharing and integration
Agricultural livelihoods predominate among the rural population of Ethiopia to such …
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