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Sproutings February 2023 February 2, 2023

Welcome to Sproutings, a newsletter from Sprout, the open content platform. Sprout is a project of Mercy Corps Agrifin. We're sending this to you, as a valued...

Sprout and the CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative are partnering to scale research-backed digital advisories for smallholder farmers in Nigeria. January 25, 2023

Sprout, a project of Mercy Corps Agrifin, and the CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EIA), have joined hands to unleash open digital agriculture advisory content...

Sprout and TomorrowNow announce partnership at COP27 to scale digital weather advisory for smallholder farmers in Africa November 14, 2022

This week at COP27 the global community of experts have come together to discuss solutions to address climate change with a key focus on climate adaptation for the developing world. In...

Sproutings November 2022 November 7, 2022

  Welcome to the third edition of Sproutings, our occasional newsletter about Sprout, the Open Content Agriculture Platform. We’re sending this to you, as a valued...

Sproutings August 2022 August 24, 2022

  Welcome to the second edition of Sproutings, our occasional newsletter about Sprout, the Open Content Agriculture Platform. We’re sending this to you, as a valued...

Sproutings June 2022 June 22, 2022

  Welcome to the first edition of Sproutings, our occasional newsletter about Sprout, the Open Content Agriculture Platform. We’re sending this to you, as a valued...

Whatsapp for Business (API) for Agriculture November 15, 2021

 WhatsApp for Business (WA4B) API is a hugely promising platform to drive digital services for smallholder farmers. So far, the successful roll-out of solutions in the social...

Locust Citizen Reporting: Driving Response through Digital Technology and Open Source Content September 20, 2021

In 2020, East Africa experienced the dual crises of the largest desert locust invasion in decades and the global COVID-19 pandemic, both threatening farmers’ livelihoods. In...

The Impact of Digital Channels on Behaviors During Emergency Response Efforts July 31, 2021

The COVID-19 and desert locusts interlocking crises threaten smallholder farmers’ health, livelihoods, and food security in East Africa. Illustrative of what can be achieved in...