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Read how updates to the SCOPE tools can affect data comparability.

What are AFIOs (or Agri-food Industry Organizations)? And why are they important for sustainable market transformation?

Read how we can help Africa reach its full agricultural potential with seven lessons from McKinsey and Co.

Data quality is integral to SCOPE assessments. Thus, we train and certify all of our assessors. Read to learn how to become a SCOPE Assessor.

Read about the SCOPE Business Intelligence Solutions Platform and how it can help you increase success in your projects.

Read how we are working with the Ugandan government to digitize their cooperatives.

Read about the basics of data segmentation, how you can use it, and how we can help.

Read how our assessments can help increase agribusiness resilience and decrease post-harvest loss and external risks.

Read about our work with predictive analytics, which we are using to do risk analyses for agribusinesses on different topics.

Read about the five things that make us unique and one of the most trusted B corp companies for agribusiness assessments and data.

Find out why SCOPEinsight has the highest quality data in the market and why its important for you.

Read how CNFA, the IFC, Bayer, Syngenta, and SCOPEinsight developed an approach to propel small agro-input retailers into powerhouses in their communities.

Read how we are working with NewForesight to create systemic transformation.

Read how our new partnership with AgriVision Sahel will complement their network in Mali.

Read about how our newest assessment tool, the SCOPE Rapid, can be used on a country-wide scale to segment agribusinesses for development.

Read about the challenges faced by cooperatives in Côte d'Ivoire and how we can address them with professionalism.

Find out which of the SCOPE tools can amplify results on YOUR projects.

Read how our partnership with TAPBDS will provide BDS services in Tanzania.

Read about what a SCOPEinsight assessment measures and how it can help increase success for agribusinesses.

Read about the three most common ways capacity builders use our data.

Read how you can strengthen Ghanaian agribusinesses.

Read about how SCOPEinsight and AGRA work together to support SMEs.

How did Cargill bring together multiple actors to transform cocoa cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire?

Read about how the IWA29 can help cooperatives reach their full potential and support millions of farmers.

Read how our partnership with a development consultancy in Egypt will help us boost agribusinesses in the MENA area.

Read how IDH is using SCOPE tools to increase access to finance in Côte d’Ivoire.

In this article, you will read how three actors in the ecosystem worked together, leveraging each other's strengths, to fund mid-sized agribusinesses.

Read how we can promote sustainable agriculture by supporting professional agribusinesses.

The ICF uses our tools to help Mars Foods, Inc. strengthen the rice value chain in Cambodia.

How can a systems approach help agribusinesses access finance?

Read about one of our assessors and her work with farmers in Africa.

Read how CÉMOI and TechnoServe are working to better the coca sector in Côte d’Ivoire.

How can organizations like A Glimmer of Hope provide financial resources to communities that need it?

How can we help input retailers grow stronger and more professional?

Are you curious to know what to expect when working with SCOPEinsight?

Read how Heineken and IFC were able to more than double malt barley yields in Ethiopia.

Read how the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa found out that Technoserve was delivering top-notch technical assistance to cocoa cooperatives in Cote D'Ivoire.

Read how this local expert created an investment platform to link the SMEs they strengthen with necessary finance and how SCOPEinsight is helping investors understand the credit worthiness of the SMEs.

Find out how the newly developed Bankability Metrics removes a huge barrier for agri-SMEs to access finance

How can data and innovative technical assistance improve access to finance? Read here for more

Read how this program used a data-led approach to massively improve the incomes and resilience of poor farmers and small-scale rural entrepreneurs in Ghana

Read how Nuru successfully graduates struggling smallholder farmers to thriving cooperative groups.

This Ivoirian BDS provider is our newest local expert. Read about how they have helped agribusinesses with access to finance and their plans for the future

Read to find out about how bankability metrics can help close the financing gap between male and female farmers.

A summary of the March 4 webinar with AGRA, CFI, and SCOPEinsight. Read about our plans for access to finance for agri-SMEs.

Read how this partnership will help sustainably spread high-quality, data-led BDS services throughout Africa.

How can we tap into the potential that agriculture holds in emerging markets? How can we use data to optimize agricultural value chains and mitigate risks? Read for more.

Are you interested in helping processors and agribusinesses become more resilient to market changes? Read more here.

Read how our partnership plans with a local expert consultancy company in Nigeria will help agribusiness access to finance in the country

For local BDS providers to be able to deliver data driven solutions, it is important to strengthen market system. In order to enable this market-based service delivery, SCOPEinsight and AGRA launched the Local Expert Network.

One of SCOPEinsight's main aims is to create a bridge that links agri-SMEs to capital providers. Earlier this year, we started the process to build it. Read more to learn about the key findings of this initiative.

The IFC and SCOPEinsight shared a strong belief that agribusinesses are the prime actors in the struggle against rural poverty, can stimulate economic growth, and strengthen food security in low and middle-income countries.

The global pandemic has significantly impacted the agricultural sector in emerging economies. But how has SCOPEinsight ensured food security and farmer livelihoods during this global outbreak? Read on to find out.

Together with our clients such as Cargill, the IFC, ICCO Cooperation, and many others, SCOPEinsight has focused on continually improving the customer experience to ensure the best journey for our users. Read on to learn more.

The bankability metrics offered together by MIX and SCOPEinsight eliminate risk and provide better access in lending to the agricultural sector for capital providers. Read more to find out who we have as partners for this project.

Crises such as COVID-19, locust plagues, and other disruptions highlight the need to manage risks in the agricultural supply chain more effectively. Read more about how we address these risks.

Read on to find out about the ways in which the communities benefit from the project after-life.

Crisis such as COVID-19 really uncovers the need for decision-makers to have reliable data in a timely manner - and in a way that allows for quick decision making. Read more about how we help decision makers with our data.

The progress made with digitalising agriculture in Africa over the years can be used as a strong foundation for new initiatives to alleviate the COVID-19’s impact on food security.

SCOPEinsight launched the Local Expert Network (LEN) with experts from around the world. Continue reading to learn more about what the LEN delivers.

In Mali, agricultural value chains are characterized by informality and fragmentation. Read about how Agriprofocus helped bridge the gap between producers and markets.

The lessons learned from this project can serve as a roadmap for practitioners who wish to link producer organizations with market players like Subway.

Sourcing fresh food from smallholder farmers can be a challenge. The market for connecting companies to smallholders in emerging markets is broken...

SCOPEinsight, MIX and AGRA are in a partnership to create the necessary market transparency to unlock financing for agri-SMEs in emerging markets.

SCOPEinsight worked with co-developers Bayer, CNFA, and the IFC to provide a solution for agro-input retailers to become stronger business partners and provide better services to farmers.

Access to finance is difficult for agri-SMEs. And financing agri-SMEs is difficult for financial institutions. For both sides there is a loss.

Read about our partnership with Qollab to deliver high-quality data.

How can you continue to grow your business without breaking your budget? Read on to find out.

Read about the success of our SCOPE Assessor Trainer of the Year.

At SCOPEinsight, the quality of data we give you is important to us. The quality of data we provide is characterized by the following four MAIN elements: 1. Accuracy, 2. Completeness, 3. Validity, and 4. Consistency.

Read about the launch of the Last Mile Retailer, a new product aimed at professionalizing agro-input retailers.

Read about the importance of a common language and working together towards a common goal.

Why is a harmonized system important? Read to find out.

Focusing on farmer professionalism can lead to many positive development outcomes. The added benefit to focusing on professionalism is that in time, you've successfully moved the needle from aid to self sufficiency for your target group.

Mistakes are fantastic opportunities for us to learn. Read on to find out the top five mistakes encountered on projects and how to avoid them.

Data is most useful when its actionable; but how to do this? Here are five strategies our biggest (and most successful) clients use to make data actionable

Watch the playback of the webinar with ISEAL, SCOPEinsight, and our partners.

In this webinar we will talk with Bayer to find out how they reach the last mile in the agricultural sector. 

Recently, SCOPEinsight discussed about the problems that input retailers face. But what are the solutions to these problems?

Read on to discover the top five issues constraining input retailers.

Read on to find out about the connection between farmer professionalism and sustainability.

Read about our new version of the SCOPE Basic Tool: SCOPE Basic 2.0.

Read to the end of this blog post to find out how you can get the most out of your investments and/or capacity-building efforts in the agricultural sector in emerging markets.

Read about how we work towards gender equality in our staff and our mission.

Read about our new project with Rikolto to strengthen input retailers.

Read about our new project with Nuru International to strengthen agribusinesses.