Since 2009, the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI), co-managed by the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), has actively generated evidence by funding randomized evaluations, to understand impacts of agricultural technologies, on small-scale farmer welfare. ATAI is launching a new open data platform to bring together the best evidence from ATAI-funded research in a single portal, making it easily accessible to researchers and policymakers alike. The ATAI Data Portal goes beyond the principles of open data by incorporating data harmonization. Users can easily download data at the right level of analysis, filter studies based on outcomes or other covariates of interest. The portal also easily allows users to join relevant environmental indicators to the downloaded data using existing geocoordinates in the data. The initiative aims to foster collaboration and evidence-based decision-making in the agricultural sector, ultimately contributing to the advancement of agricultural practices and farmer welfare.

The GeoField 2023 Convening, held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, brought together 100 experts in impact evaluation, Earth Observation (the use of technologies and techniques to monitor planet Earth remotely, often from space), and development program implementation.