This digital dashboard provides a summary of the various types of innovations available to pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in dryland regions in SPARC focus countries.
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SimPastoralist is a gaming app that introduces pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to index-based livestock insurance by simulating livestock ownership with and without insurance during good seasons and times of drought.
The Smallholders Farmers Rural Radio broadcasts educational radio programmes on crop cultivation, livestock rearing and soil management 10 hours per day in the local Igbo language to inform and educate its 250,000 small-farmer listeners and improve their agricultural, environmental management and market access capacity.
Farming cannot be done when the soil loses its fertility. This innovation therefore brings the lab to the farmer to achieve timely and accurate soil testing for healthy soil and increased production. It's a cutting-edge innovation that will stand the test of time.