Precision Development

06/21/2023

In our latest Quarterly Progress Report (Q1.23), we share advancements in our work, from our project on water tanks to weather forecasts, pest and disease alerts to price information.

We also expanded our reach from 7.3 million farmers in 2022 to 7.9 million at the end of Q1 2023.

Read all the latest via the link below:

https://t.co/nrZbIGttu7

04/03/2023

🌍 🌱 2022 was an exciting year for Precision Development (PxD) and the millions of users that we serve around the world 🌍!

Here is our 2022 Annual Report which details the great progress that we made in 2022 delivering digital agricultural advisory services 🌱 to more than 7 million farmers who need them, conducting research to enhance our impact per user, and developing new innovative products to improve users' lives in new ways, including in climate adaptation and mitigation, access to financial services, and education. 🌱🌱

https://precisiondev.org/precision-development-pxd-annual-report-2022

03/22/2023

🌍 💧💧 Dairy farmers in Kenya are being hit hard by climate change.

In our latest blog, we share how we are working on an innovative mechanism to increase incomes, improve health, reduce the time burden on women and girls, and increase school attendance, by distributing water tanks on credit which is repaid by the farmer over time from their additional earnings.

Find out how our innovative project is progressing by reading below.

ndev.org/innovative-financing-to-bring-clean-water-to-drought-stricken-kenyan-dairy-farmers

03/08/2023

To celebrate , our Director, Claudia Carbajal, is today joining a panel organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP) to discuss Digital Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality.

In this blog post, she shares what makes her proud and what PxD can do better to improve our services and increase the impact on the women we serve.

https://precisiondev.org/embracing-equity-reflecting-on-pxds-progress-on-gender-and-the-way-ahead

02/28/2023

2022 was a tremendous leap forward for research at PxD!

We generated new insights and proofs of concept to build future programming such as an SMS agro-dealer directory and a WhatsApp-based crowdsourcing chatbot.

We've built research partnerships for scalability with dairy cooperatives and scoping opportunities to benefit smallholder farmers through their participation in climate mitigation activities with direct tangible returns.

Learn more about what we've been up to and where we're going next in this post by Caitlin McKee!

2022 was a tremendous leap forward for research at PxD. Our research and operations teams completed a total of eight A/B test experiments and impact evaluations. We collected data in person and over the phone ... Read more

02/20/2023

New blog post by PxD's Yifan Powers! The voluntary carbon credit market will be worth more than $50 billion by 2030 - how can we enable those in the Global South, especially smallholder farmers, to tap into that climate financing?

Paying people for actions that contribute to climate change mitigation, known as payment for ecosystem services (PES), has the potential to address both environmental and poverty alleviation goals. For example, there is a strong history ... Read more

02/17/2023

There is a lot of excitement about regenerative agriculture's potential in the Global South to leverage agricultural land as a carbon sink. But what does the evidence say about how to do so most effectively in the smallholder farmer context? PxD, in collaboration with IGSD, identified the primary strategies for organic carbon sequestration in agriculture as well as the evidence on their effectiveness.

PxD, in partnership with Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD), identified the primary strategies for organic carbon sequestration in agriculture as well as the evidence on their effectiveness.

➡ Climate Change Mitigation through Organic Carbon Strategies

By: Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus, Caitlan Frederick, and PxD's Emily Larkin & Yifan Powers

https://precisiondev.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IGSDPxD-Climate-Change-Mitigation-through-Organic-Carbon-Strategies-16-02-23.pdf

02/16/2023

In our latest Quarterly Progress Report (Q4.22), we share organizational changes at PxD, insights into our new strategy, and programmatic updates from India, Kenya, Ethiopia, and more.

Read all the latest via the link below:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/7c1d5fa3-5156-4a73-bfc9-9818c2dd8a13

02/08/2023

Following his recent trip to Pakistan, our CEO, Owen Barder, shares his thoughts on the situation facing smallholder rice farmers in Pakistan.

He muses on the huge potential for large increases in yields and potentially transformative increases in farmer incomes but outlines constraints and what he believes may be holding the farmers back.

Read more to find out why Owen leaves optimistic but uncertain…

Punjab means “five rivers”, and those five rivers are the reason that the Punjab region in Pakistan is the country’s bread basket.  Tomoko and I were in Punjab last week visiting the PxD Pakistan country ... Read more

01/26/2023

Enhanced rock weathering is an innovative technology for carbon drawdown, particularly on agricultural land. Can it be applied in smallholder farmer contexts? PxD, in partnership with Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD), investigated this mitigation opportunity, with a Global South lens, in the first of a series of analytical reports on climate change mitigation in agriculture.

➡ Enhanced Rock Weathering in the Global South: Exploring Potential for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity and Carbon dioxide Drawdown.

By F. Garrett Boudinot, Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus, Caitlan Frederick
& PxD's Yifan Powers.

Precision Development (PxD) and the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) are partnering on a unique initiative to collaboratively identify opportunities for innovation in climate change mitigation.