Farmer-led Tools, Dashboard Development, and the Future of Farming
- Sustainable Development Goal :2 - Zero Hunger
- Gender Equality Marker :Gender Responsive (GE2)
- Testing Country :India, Kenya
- Testing Period :15 months
- Amount :$236,000
Coady International Institute at St. Francis Xavier University tested tools with women farmers to identify capacity building needs, such as accessing new technologies, credit, infrastructure, markets, financial and business planning/management etc. The Institute also tested a farmer-led indicator dashboard and exploring the opportunities and impacts of big data and future of farming at the smallholder farmer level in the Nyando Valley (Kenya) and in two districts of Gujarat State in India.
Innovator Video
Canadian SMO : Coady International Institute
Local Partner(s) : Self Employed Women's Association and ICRAF (World Agroforestry Centre)
Region : Africa, Asia
Theme : Agriculture
Resources
- (1) Working together for Gender Equity. Asset-based community-driven development (ABCD)
- (2) Recording and understanding your data. Asset-based community-driven development (ABCD)
- (3) Focusing on assets and agency to improve livelihoods and landscapes. Asset-based community-driven development (ABCD)
- Coady Institute Receives $236,000 toward Farmer-Led Initiative in India and Kenya