DigitalGreen

Digital Green is a global development organization that helps small-scale farmers by leveraging technology and community engagement. Their initiatives include training farmers to use data and video, empowering local communities across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, and developing products like the Farmer.Chat AI-powered assistant to boost agricultural productivity. Digital Green works with governments, private agencies, and rural communities to create digital solutions for nutrition-sensitive, climate-resilient, and inclusive farming.

Their Loop app enables aggregating produce and market access. The organization is expanding to Nigeria and Brazil and works closely with key partners and investors worldwide. Digital Green was conceived at Microsoft Research in India before becoming an independent NGO in 2008, headquartered in San Francisco and New Delhi, and has won major awards including the Google Global Impact Award.

In Africa, Digital Green teams have reached tens of thousands of farmers, developing AI-adapted tools and supporting local agricultural networks. The organization engages with smallholder farmers through community-level entrepreneurs who help aggregate produce, connect to markets, and deliver agricultural extension services, improving livelihoods in a manner that is sustainable and community-driven.