strategic look at the decisions facing governments, funders, and system architects as digital systems rapidly expand. Why aligning Agile Data and Digital Public Infrastructure can unlock impact at scale — and why timing matters.

Farmers and frontline actors reflect on when data actually helps decisions — and when systems add burden or risk. Their experience becomes the test of system value: if it doesn’t work at the farm level, it won’t work at scale.

What is Agile and What is DPI?
A focused conversation on how Agile Data and DPI complement each other — what each solves, what neither can solve alone, and the unique opportunity in bringing them together for farmer-centred outcomes

This session shares practical learning from Agile Data initiatives through two essential lenses: Participation and Validity.

Participation asks who the system is working for — whether farmers and communities are genuinely included, whether data reflects their realities, and whether trust and agency are built into the process.
Validity asks whether the data can be relied on — whether it is accurate, timely, and fit for the decisions it is meant to inform.

Together, these lenses provide a shared way to assess what makes data systems work in practice — helping participants distinguish what is merely promising from what is truly usable, trusted, and decision-relevant. The session supports the Summit’s overall aim by strengthening how leaders think about designing, governing, and scaling systems that hold up under real-world conditions.

Through concrete examples, the session surfaces practical lessons that help decision-makers move faster with confidence — without compromising trust.

A candid look at where digital agriculture struggles to scale — from interoperability gaps to governance friction, incentive misalignment, and farmer relevance challenges.

A deep dive into foundational concepts, each followed by an identification of issues and matters that get us stuck.

A deep dive into the current obstacles and challenges to success e.g. Identifying leverage points for transformation

Participants map the barriers clearly so leverage points can be found, not assumed.

Building on the morning’s insights, participants propose challenge topics they believe matter most. In an open-space format, groups self-organise around these themes to explore solutions collaboratively.

Teams rapidly develop early concepts and candidate interventions — intentionally rough, bold, and solution-oriented. The goal is not polish, but momentum: a first step toward prototypes that can be refined on Day 3.