Climate Impact: Asia | Mobile for Development

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Climate Impact: Asia

Driving climate innovations in low- and middle-income countries through GSMA grant funding

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation, launched in 2022, was designed to help accelerate the testing, adoption and scalability of digital innovations that enable the world’s most vulnerable populations to adapt, anticipate and absorb the negative impacts of climate change. Read case studies from the GSMA climate tech startups in Asia – with deep insights and learnings from project implementation to outcomes. See below, case studies from 3 startups located in 3 countries in Asia:

1. BaKhabar Kissan (BKK) in Pakistan

BKK is strengthening agricultural productivity and planning for climate-vulnerable farming communities in Pakistan through a network of new weather stations to provide hyperlocal weather information, as well as enabling access to agricultural expertise through digital platforms.

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The BKK story

Pakistani farmers talk about BKK’s timely weather and disease information which has lead to increased crops, and from Jazz Pakistan on their partnership.

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Agri-smart farming data

BKK’s digital weather platform provides real-time, hyperlocal weather information and reduces agri risk for farmers.

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CTO interview

Jaudat Shaikh, the CTO of BKK talks about the importance of MNO partnerships to drive connectivity, reach and deployment of their solution.

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2. GeoKrishi in Nepal

GeoKrishi helps smallholder farmers in Nepal adapt to climate stressors and adopt climate-smart agricultural practices through digital learning content and advisory services.

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The GeoKrishi story

Nepalese farmers talk about how the Geokrishi solutoin helps to protect crops, manage plant diseases, and identify weather patters to increase productivity.

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Digitising Nepal’s agriculture

GeoKrishi curates climate-smart agri content and helps streamline decision making for farmers and government officials to improve agri productivity.

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Founder’s vision

Rajan Bajracharya introduces GeoKrishi, in this short interview.

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3. Komunidad in Philippines

Komunidad is upgrading communities’ capacity to respond to disasters in the Philippines with a typhoon early warning system and weather analytics platform designed to help the local government plan and prepare for hazards more efficiently and accurately..

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The Komunidad story

Hear from the Municipal Mayor of Siargao Island on the importance of platforms such as Komunidad, in saving lives.

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Climate-smart data analytics

Komunidad provides 9 municipalities with AI-powered weather analytics and a EWS dashboard with a mobile app and SMS alert solution.

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Founder’s quote

“Using the latest tech in telecommunications, IT, meteorology and data science, it’s now possible for vulnerable communities anywhere in the Philippines to have their own comprehensive climate resilience center”

– Felix Ayque

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This initiative is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and is supported by the GSMA and its members.

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