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Q4.2020 >> Quarterly Report!

February 18, 2021February 12, 2021

Despite a year filled with unprecedented challenges, our teams have been able to achieve an enormous amount in the service of poor farmers and – excitingly – by advancing our work into the sphere of …

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So Many Ideas, So Little Time: Using Adaptive Experiments for Efficient and Iterative Inquiry.

January 28, 2021January 27, 2021

Tomoko Harigaya, Precision Agriculture for Development’s Director of Research, and Grady Killeen, a former PAD Research Associate, consider the merits of adaptive experiments. How does one create space to take stock of what we are …

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A Standout Development!

February 10, 2021November 25, 2020

We are thrilled and grateful to share the news that Precision Agriculture for Development has been designated as a “standout charity” by GiveWell, a research nonprofit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities.  PAD was the …

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Q3.2020 >> Quarterly Report!

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

Precision Agriculture for Development continues to have a remarkable year, both in terms of what we have been able to achieve, and the challenges we continue to negotiate. In our third quarterly report of the …

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Introducing our Updated COVID-19 Dashboard

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

Incorporating new survey data, and new visualizations, Dashboard 2.0 allows one to observe and compare trends across rounds of surveys and geographies. Andrew Wang, a PAD summer research associate on the global research team, who …

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The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same

February 4, 2021October 19, 2020

The Evolving Economic Effects of COVID-19 Among Smallholder Farmers and Agro-dealers in Rural Kenya Sam Strimling, a Research Associate on PAD’s Kenya team, reflects on the results of a second round of interviews surveying farmers …

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How can researchers ensure that data collection in the midst of a pandemic is worth the time and effort?

October 21, 2020October 14, 2020

PAD’s India Research Manager, Hannah Timmis, and Senior Research and Operations Associate, Maya Woser, reflected on lessons learned for the International Growth Centre’s blog

Hardship & Optimism in Kenya

October 19, 2020June 28, 2020

Sam Strimling, a Research Associate on PAD’s Kenya team, reflects on the results of an initial round of interviews surveying farmers and agro-dealers across Kenya’s agricultural heartland. AGRO-DEALER & FARMER COVID-19 SURVEY, APRIL-JUNE 2020 Between …

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