CABI tests knowledge dashboard to help strengthen maize productivity in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda

Published 2023년 4월 4일

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CABI is testing digital tools to enhance maize productivity in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda through the GAIA dashboard, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The dashboard aims to address soil health knowledge gaps and invest in building agricultural lime value chains. User testing is focusing on the dashboard's speed and performance, with the project using data from iSDA Africa and an integrated approach of agronomy, economics, social science, and business. CABI is responsible for the data management and user testing of the GAIA project, with the goal of translating its outputs into knowledge products.

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CABI has been ‘road testing’ digital tools to help strengthen maize productivity in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda as part of the GAIA dashboard which is being developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).Henry Mibei, CABI’s Manager, Digital Development, visited Dar es Salaam and Dodoma in Tanzania to conduct user testing on the Guiding Acid Soil Management Investments in Africa (GAIA) dashboard which aims to address key knowledge gaps related to soil health and improved agronomy.The GAIA dashboard will assist both public and private sector actors to target investments in building agricultural lime value chains in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda and is part of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).The GAIA dashboard is a graphical user interface that provides a characterization of the magnitude and spatial distribution of soil acidity in sub-Saharan Africa.It is based on cropland area, rural population, and value of agricultural ...

Source: Cabi