This is how digital climate services are tackling food insecurity across Africa

Aug 6, 2021

Digital Climate-informed Advisory Services don’t just improve yields — they offer a range of benefits for smallholder producers, including reducing risk, raising incomes and increasing efficiency. Image: REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

Tyler Ferdinand

Research Analyst, WRI

Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio

Senior Adaptation and Resilience Advisor, Climate Resilience Practice

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A farmer answers her cell phone while holding freshly-picked chili peppers next to an aquaculture pond in Rajapur, Bangladesh. Image: Jacquelyn Turner, IRI

A person using a mobile phone in India. Mobile apps could play a key role in helping smallholder farmers adapt to and mitigate some climate change impacts, enabling them to make informed decisions and adapt traditional practices to minimize losses.

Mobile apps could play a key role in helping smallholder farmers adapt to and mitigate some climate change impacts. Image: Jacquelyn Turner/CCAFS

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