16th May 2019

Security in Numbers: Data’s Role in Ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa

Food security is highly ranked in every government’s development agenda globally. As such, agriculture remains Africa’s undisputed investment in growing inclusive economies for both domestic and […]
6th September 2018

Access to Data Critical to Smallholder Farmer Access to Inputs

Smallholder farmers in low-income contexts face a variety of challenges while attempting to boost their productivity so as to escape subsistence-level farming and poverty. One of […]
28th May 2017
Image of farmers meeting in Dirib Gombo

Data Coordination Will Enrich CAADP’s Mutual Accountability Mechanisms

Data coordination has presented a challenge to Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) implementers for a long time. This is now more acute with the larger number […]
19th March 2017
Image of Kiringai Kamau - Executive Director at CANIS, University of Nairobi; Andrea Powell - Chief Information Officer - CABI; André Laperrière - Executive Director, GODAN

GODAN’s 3rd International Workshop on Creating Impact with Open Data

The Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) is a worldwide network of institutions and governments supporting open data within the agriculture and nutrition space. LDRI […]
20th September 2016
An artists representation of the discussions in one of the GODAN 2016 sessions.

3 Things We Need for Open Data to Count in Agriculture

Agriculture and nutrition open data, especially its role in supporting progress towards the achievement of SDG2, formed the central theme of this year’s GODAN Summit in New […]
6th July 2016
LDRI working on agricultural transformation in Africa

Comprehensive Source for Agriculture Data on Africa Launched.

July 5, 2016, Nairobi Kenya:  Local Development Research Institute (LDRI) has today announced the launch of TransformAgriculture.org, a knowledge and data portal containing data, research, reports, policy […]