In the Spotlight
Data journalists innovate to inform new audiences about gender inequalities in Kyrgyzstan
In Kyrgyzstan, data journalism is being harnessed as a powerful tool to improve data accessibility and use. A group of young journalists from the School of Data non-governmental organization (NGO) partnered with the popular Kloop Media produced compelling stories based on gender statistics about critical issues, such as women’s political participation, violence against women and girls,… Read More
ComDevAsia in Action
Advancing Climate Resiliency through Farmers’ Organizations and Cooperatives Video Contest
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) together with its partners has launched a video contest to showcase farmers’ resiliency and ingenuity as we highlight their innovative solutions, strategies, and success stories in their fight against climate change. Titled “Advancing Climate Resiliency through Farmers’ Organizations and Cooperatives”, the contest seek to inspire and… Read More
Rural Communication
Digital Green develops AI chatbot for farmer advisory service
Digital Green, one of the steering committee members of ComDev Asia, presented a new product that aims to enhance the development of farmer-driven content, research outputs, and policy guidance at scale during the 4th Digital Agriculture Solutions Forum for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. Thailand, 27-28 September 2023. Farmer.CHAT is a generative Artificial Intelligence… Read More
Family Farming
Family Farms as essential component of future food systems
Thought leaders believe that ensuring family/small scale farms will thrive is a good investment for the future, particularly in sustainable food systems. Smallholder family farmers are doing a great job of feeding us. They are highly efficient with respect to returns on capital, their labour force is flexible, and they adapt their output quickly to… Read More
