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The Digitally Enabled Resilience and Nutrition Policy Innovations (DERPIn) project was initiated to strengthen the resilience of African agrifood systems by leveraging digital tools and data analytics to support evidence-based, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policy- and decision-making. The project aims to empower policymakers, farmers, researchers, and private sector actors with timely, actionable data and tools that can strengthen food system resilience and improve nutrition outcomes. With the current phase of the DERPIn project coming to a close on August 31, 2025, AKADEMIYA2063 and its project partners are organizing a virtual continental policy dialogue on July 23.
The session will share findings and lessons from the project, discuss potential implications and uses for the analysis, and reflect on potential future extensions of the project. The event will provide an opportunity for exchange between DERPIn countries and other African countries interested in exploring opportunities to meet agrifood system data and evidence needs.
The continental policy dialogue will encourage dialogue across countries about how project outputs can address the needs of various stakeholders, including policymakers, farmers, private sector actors, researchers, civil society organizations, and development partners. Participants will review emerging findings from DERPIn's multi-country analyses, including policy implications for food and nutrition security, as well as DERPIn's tools and data products, such as real-time satellite-derived agricultural statistics, vulnerability maps, and information on nutrient adequacy.
