Field Insights
Notes from the work of building development-sector technology — practical lessons from IVRS, AI advisory, GIS monitoring, MEL and SDG systems.
Why IVRS still matters in the smartphone era
The patients most at risk of treatment drop-off are also the patients least likely to own a smartphone. Voice is not a fallback — it is the rail.
What CSR plantation MRV actually looks like
Planting numbers are easy. Survival, carbon and audit-grade evidence are hard — and they are what an honest CSR report requires.
7 min read
AgricultureGenAI for smallholder farmers — what actually changes
The interesting question is not whether GenAI can answer agronomy questions. It is whether it can answer them in the dialect the farmer speaks, at the moment the question matters.
5 min read
GovernanceSDG dashboards that bureaucrats actually use
A dashboard that nobody opens is a PDF with extra steps. Designing for the bureaucrat — not the donor — is what separates the two.
6 min read
Knowledge ManagementMEL systems that survive the second year
Most monitoring and evaluation platforms ship in year one and quietly die in year two. The ones that survive share four design choices.
5 min read