USAID launches inclusive AgriTech digital design toolkit

Digital development solutions have become pervasive around the world, including within resilience, environment, and food security development efforts supported by USAID’s Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security (REFS).

Globally, reliance on digital solutions to do everything from looking up a weather forecast on a smartphone to automating the analysis of complicated datasets through cloud computing is set to increase further over time. However, the ongoing digital revolution has also created new and unintended consequences. In the context of sustainable development this can manifest in unequal geographic spread, accessibility, usability, and benefit from digital solutions.

Genesis Analytics, together with Athena Infonomics, have been supporting USAID’s Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security (REFS) to develop an inclusive digital design toolkit.

The USAID Toolkit for Inclusive AgriTech Digital Solution Design provides guidance to USAID staff and implementing partners on how to design inclusive digital technology interventions in Feed the Future activities. This toolkit emphasizes support for marginalized groups, intersectionality, and robust local engagement. By prioritizing these factors, the toolkit guides users in fostering positive outcomes in alignment with USAID’s locally led development vision.