South African farming communities have received their first carbon revenue payments from the GRASS project, showing how carbon finance can create new income opportunities while supporting regenerative agriculture and climate resilience.
Tag: agriculture
Southern Africa’s Wildfire Challenge: How Technology Is Helping Communities Build Climate Resilience
Southern Africa is facing increasing wildfire risks driven by climate change, extreme weather, and dry conditions. This article explores how technologies such as portable water pumps, monitoring systems, and improved water management can help rural communities and agricultural businesses build resilience.
Caribou Digital Launches New Book, The Platform Livelihoods Project: Research Exploring the Workplaces of the Digital Age in Africa & Indonesia
This pioneering research, conducted in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation explores the pervasive digital workplace landscape in Africa and Indonesia. The research reveals the scale of dependency millions of Africans have on digital marketplaces for their livelihoods, where 27% of Kenyan farmers claim to use Meta (Facebook) to sell information and buy produce. In examining marginalised groups, people with disabilities shared in-depth accounts of challenges faced with their user experience, such as a lack of screen-reading technology for the visually impaired, inhibiting full participation. Caribou Digital calls for better governance and inclusivity for Africa’s digital marketplace to ensure it unlocks its projected reach of $72 billion by 2026.
Mobilizing Blended Finance for Climate Investments in Kenya
Kenya faces the formidable challenge of aligning its climate action with its development goals.
ICTforAg Announces its Virtual 2022 Conference towards Advancing Resilience, Nutrition & Agriculture led Growth in a Digital World
The ICTforAg 2022 Conference will take place virtually from March 9 to 10, 2022, and convene the leading stakeholders from the agri-tech and agri-Food space […]
Tapping into Digital Technology Platforms to Increase Agriculture Productivity in Africa
by Johan Burger Introduction Africa is a bit of an anomaly as far as agriculture is concerned. On the one hand, it has 65% of […]
Friday@Noon on Agriculture in Africa – 2018
by Johan Burger This paper addresses events and trends in the agriculture sector in Africa for 2018. It is based on the media articles addressed […]