This presentation provides an overview of progress to date by the Agorecological TRANSITIONS Inclusive Digital Tools project (ATDT). It was presented to the CGIAR Agroecology Initiative on June 6, 2023 by Lini Wollenberg. Learn more about the TRANSITIONS Program and the ATDT project: https://bit.ly/AgLEDxATDT

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Digital resources for
inclusive climate change
action in agriculture
(ATDT)
ATDT team
Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT
June 9, 2023
Digital Tools
Digital tools

2. Agroecological
Transitions –
Inclusive Digital
Tools (ATDT
Improveinclusiveness of digital
resources for smallholders
Focus on tools for technical assistance
and performance assessment
Test co-creation of farm practices for
agroecology and climate

3. Beef supply chain:
E-extension Alliance,
Solidaridad, Mato Grosso
&Pará State Gov’t, ICRAF,
Brazilian RT on Sustainable
Livestock, Embrapa, Platform
Sustainable Territories
Action research to develop innovations
Pará
VIETNAM
Mekong
Delta
Rice supply chain:
Performance assessment
IRRI, Sustainable Rice
Platform, Loc Troi, Rikolto
(VECO), Agrig8 (software),
TCSOFT (monitoring and
advice), MARD

4. Key Actions
Year 1
• Review digital tools and best practices for inclusion and co-creation in agriculture
• Assess current digital inclusion levels in Brazil and Vietnam
• Develop best practice principle with action partners
Year 2
• Identify and develop co-creation improvements for selected tools in Brazil and
Vietnam.
Year 3
• Test improvements

5. Digital tool review: Agroecology features
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Productivity, income, and their stability over time
Co-creation and sharing of knowledge, farmer…
Efficiency/input reduction
System transformation or practice
Exposure to toxic agrochemicals, other negative…
Gender and youth
Animal health and welfare
Diversification (economic, product, or biodiversity)
Culture and food traditions, nutrition, and human…
Responsible governance (including participation,…
Synergies (enhance positive ecological interactions)
Circular and solidarity economies/connectivity…
IndicatorPrevelance (n=44)
Out of 44 tools, one-third
addressed > 4 agroecological
principles
About half addressed whole
system design
25% had farmer-driven content
such as agroadvisoryvideos
recorded by farmers
43% had 2-way communication
such as SMS, voice calling, or in-
app communication

6. Co-creation of practices with farmers is a gap
Review of current
principles
Proposed principles to
guide inclusionand co-
creation

7. Extensionist
Scientist
Farmer
Assessing
co-creation
of best
practices
Digital
Tools
How does information flow for:
• Farmers’ contexts
• Farmers’ communication (input,
feedback, problem-solving,
influence)
Analyze how to improve flows of this
information
How do recommendations for best
practices in agroecology and climate
change reflect co-creation?
• Relevance of best practices to
farmers’ context
• Adaptation of best practices by
farmers
• Extent of joint scientific and farmer
validation of best practices
Analyze how to improve relevance,
adaptation and validation
Interfaces among
actors and tools
that enable
information flows
and development
of best practice.

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Thank You!
Project page: https://alliancebioversityciat.org/projects/inclusive-digital-tools-atdt
For more information contact lini.wollenberg@uvm.edu
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