Crystal Aghadi, Research Associate, John Babadara, Program Associate, and Godfrey Petgrave, Agronomist, report on PxD Nigeria’s most ambitious challenge yet: delivering advisory information to over 100,000 Nigerian smallholder farmers. Team PxD Nigeria is in the …
Since August 2020, PAD has collaborated with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a UN affiliated multilateral agency, to deliver digital advisory to assist smallholder farmers in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan to boost productivity …
Research Associate Sam Strimling argues that one must understand the specific needs of women to inform effective service delivery and presents an upcoming effort to gather these insights prior to launching a PAD advisory service …
Sam Strimling, a Research Associate on PAD’s Kenya team, reflects on the results of a third round of interviews surveying farmers and agro-dealers across Kenya’s agricultural heartland. CONTEXT In December 2020, Precision Agriculture for Development …
Despite a year filled with unprecedented challenges, our teams have been able to achieve an enormous amount in the service of poor farmers and – excitingly – by advancing our work into the sphere of …
Hassan Ammar, PAD Project Manager, reports on the implementation of an exciting new pilot in Pakistan. Over the course of the past four months, our team in Pakistan has commenced implementation of a groundbreaking new …
We are thrilled and grateful to share the news that Precision Agriculture for Development has been designated as a “standout charity” by GiveWell, a research nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities. PAD was the …
Precision Agriculture for Development continues to have a remarkable year, both in terms of what we have been able to achieve, and the challenges we continue to negotiate. In our third quarterly report of the …
As Kenya’s Short Rains agricultural season commences Maureen Kuboka, Wanjiku Macharia, Daniel Mokrauer-Madden, Sidney Muchule, JingKai Ong, Yifan Powers and Stefania Pozzi walk us through what MoA-INFO has in store. A majority of Kenya’s arable …
Niriksha Shetty, PAD’s India Country Director, reflects on a remarkable milestone. In September, 2020, Precision Agriculture for Development in India* surpassed the 1 million mark for farmers who receive advisory content through our services. This …
**UPDATE** On December 15, 2021, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture canceled the project that had been awarded to PxD by public tender. We continue to work with our regional partners, IICA, and the Government of Brazil …
MoA-INFO has rapidly developed new capabilities and widened its scope to more effectively serve Kenya’s smallholder farmers. PAD’s Africa Regional Director, Emmanuel Bakirdjian reflects on the first two years of MoA-INFO’s operations. This month marks …
The impact of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is changing the lives of our staff and the farmers we serve across all our geographies. Our families, community and colleagues have not escaped the most pernicious effects …
We have just tied the bow on our final quarterly report for 2019. In the full calendar year Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) served 3.5 million farmers, assisting some of the poorest people on our …