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From Cocoa Waste to Community Wealth: Koa’s Fresh Take on Farmer Impact in Ghana

60 Decibels interviewed 290 farmers supplying pulp to Koa, capturing firsthand perspectives on income, quality of life, resilience, and overall satisfaction with the offering.

Improving Healthcare Access: How Elucid is Strengthening Farming Communities

Believing that better data leads to better outcomes, Elucid partnered with 60 Decibels to independently assess their impact and enhance their programs.

A missing middle for impact measurement?

Meeting the $106B ag-SME financing gap has the potential to positively impact millions of smallholder farmers. But, much like the financing itself, measuring impact in the missing middle is challenging.

A Leaner, More Nuanced Approach to Classifying Smallholder Farmers

Classifying small-scale producers is key to targeted insights, but 60dB needed a model suited to its lean data approach, where full farm profiles aren’t always feasible.

“Lean Evaluations” for Measuring the Impact of Digital Farmer Services

The digital farmer services sector needs rigorous impact evidence without costly RCTs. 60dB, with Gates Foundation and Busara, piloted a balanced evaluation method.

Perspectives on the Coffee Farmer Thriving Index

Explore feedback from participating cooperatives, funders, and coffee sector experts to capture lessons and inform future plans for the 60dB Farmer Thriving Index.

How to Choose a Method to Measure the Impact of Digital Farmer Services

Since 2022, 60dB, in partnership with the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been refining methods to measure the impact of DFS on smallholder farmer welfare.

Project Mesha: Transforming the Lives of Rural Women through Improved Livestock Management

Since 2018, Project Mesha has partnered with 60 Decibels to track and measure its social impact as the program matured. We've listened to over 3,000 Pashu Sakhis and female goat rearers – here's what we found.

¿Cómo las microfinanzas están transformando vidas?

Descubre los hallazgos del Índice Global de Microfinanzas 2024.

Empowering India’s Artisans: Anuprerna’s Journey to Impactful, Sustainable Craftsmanship

60 Decibels partnered with Acumen to conduct an impact assessment of Anuprerna, a social enterprise supporting handloom artisans in West Bengal. We spoke with Anuprerna's founder, Amit Singha, to explore how their work has improved the quality of life of 9 out of 10 weavers.

7 Things We Learned From Farmers in the Coffee Supply Chain

Introducing the 2024 Coffee Farmer Thriving Index! We spoke to thousands of coffee farmers in Uganda and Rwanda to answer a simple question: are farmers in coffee supply chains thriving, or barely surviving?

Unlocking Social Impact in India: Key Insights on the State of Impact Measurement

From balancing immediate needs with long-term sustainability, to the nuances of using third-party measurements for unbiased evaluations, explore the insights uncovered in our panel discussion.

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From Cocoa Waste to Community Wealth: Koa’s Fresh Take on Farmer Impact in Ghana

Improving Healthcare Access: How Elucid is Strengthening Farming Communities

A missing middle for impact measurement?

A Leaner, More Nuanced Approach to Classifying Smallholder Farmers

“Lean Evaluations” for Measuring the Impact of Digital Farmer Services

Perspectives on the Coffee Farmer Thriving Index

How to Choose a Method to Measure the Impact of Digital Farmer Services

Project Mesha: Transforming the Lives of Rural Women through Improved Livestock Management

¿Cómo las microfinanzas están transformando vidas?

Empowering India’s Artisans: Anuprerna’s Journey to Impactful, Sustainable Craftsmanship

7 Things We Learned From Farmers in the Coffee Supply Chain

Unlocking Social Impact in India: Key Insights on the State of Impact Measurement

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