Agile Learning in Practice: Participation & Validity

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

Participation investigate the drivers  that are affecting the response asks — whether farmers and communities are genuinely included, whether data reflects their realities.
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.