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Pakistan

Disease, Heat, and Floods: Using digital services to mitigate new challenges to women’s livelihoods in rural Pakistan

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022

When disease and a heatwave, followed by devastating floods ravaged Pakistan’s Punjab province, PxD’s LMAFRP digital information service, which we implement in partnership with the Rural Community Development Society (RCDS) with support from the International …

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Have farmers bounced back from the initial shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic? Results from a multi-country analysis

July 26, 2022July 25, 2022

Given existing poverty, dependence on agriculture for livelihoods, and lack of access to safety nets, poor smallholder families in low- and middle-income countries are particularly vulnerable to exogenous shocks. In March 2020, when the world …

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IFAD story about our partnership in Pakistan

July 19, 2022July 18, 2022

Our partner and funder, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has published a ‘story’ on their website about our collaboration to deliver much-needed digital information to Pakistani smallholder farming families to promote resilience during …

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Cottoning on: A free weather product for Punjab’s cotton belt

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022

PxD is building a free weather forecast product for cotton farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab Province to be launched in March, ahead of Kharif – South Asia’s summer planting season. The service will be launched in …

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Weathering the storm: Smallholder farmers and the untapped potential of weather forecasts

February 18, 2022February 3, 2022

Accurate weather forecasts would reduce uncertainty for farmers, yet they are under-supplied and under-studied in developing countries. Government and market failures reduce the quality and reach of weather information in rural regions, reducing its value …

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Showcasing Our Collaboration with IFAD

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021

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 …

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Q4.2020 >> Quarterly Report!

February 18, 2021February 12, 2021

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 …

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Harnessing Digital Extension to Promote Zinc Biofortified Wheat and Improved Nutrition

February 5, 2021January 28, 2021

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 …

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Q3.2020 >> Quarterly Report!

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

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 …

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New Partnerships and Geographies

January 12, 2022September 17, 2020

**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 …

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