Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural sector faces challenges due to low fertilizer application, impacting productivity, income, food security, and nutrition. Initiatives like the Sustain Africa Fertilizer Initiative and Malawi’s Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) aim to increase fertilizer use through subsidized programs, enhancing yields and resilience while using Agile Data collection methods to reduce costs and improve participation among farmers.

A range of technologies is facilitating new ways of collecting data to enhance decision making. The agility in data gathering and analysis has the potential to improve development outcomes of programs.

The Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) announces the election of four new members to its Board of Directors.

In Episode 1 of “Sustainability Unplugged” farmer, Rawlings Kofi, emphasizes the need to include farmers in designing solutions to make sustainability happen in agriculture.

“We have full confidence in Liam’s transformative approach and ability to drive innovation. As an accomplished visionary and leader, he inspires our full confidence to steer COSA to achieve new milestones and expand our impact.”
– COSA Board Chairman, Richard Rogers.

A range of technologies is facilitating new ways of collecting data to enhance decision making. The agility in data gathering and analysis has the potential to improve development outcomes of programs.

PepsiCo’s ambitious strategy brings farmer livelihoods to the fore. They partnered with COSA to build a credible science-based framework.

In 2023, the new COSA 3.0 systems will radically transform how sustainability data is managed, to deliver real knowledge and surpass emerging regulations.

We queried nearly 150 senior experts, from across the sustainability spectrum in 2022. Here are some of the revealed insights. The two most important sustainability trends or needs going forward are metrics for climate adaptation and strategic sustainability guidance for taking better decisions.

A new initiative from the International Coffee Organization will provide, for the first time, standardized data on farmers’ true costs of production and efficiency of value transmission in supply chains. This is a critical first step to building a shared understanding of the key elements that contribute to sustainable coffee production.