Mapping the climate and agronomic digital advisory services landscape in West and Central Africa: A step towards making food systems productive and climate resilient

PLOS One | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338010 December 3, 2025 11 / 20 3.2.2. Users of digital agricultural solutions (DAGs). This study identified three different user groups of digital agro- climatic technologies and advisory services: farmers, service providers, and policy makers. Each user group differs in terms of their needs, the type of services they use, their motivation for accessing their services, and the main barriers they face in accessing these services. In this paper, we only discuss farmers as users of these services. Fig 5. Existing digital agricultural solutions (DAGs) in the study area. ASPS: Agricultural Service Provider; CIS: Climate Information Services; CSA: Climate Smart Agriculture; P&D: Pest and Disease. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338010.g005 Table 3. Proportion of innovations (%) providing different digital climate services in WCA. Country CSA CIS All CSA Cropping system Fertilizer Ploughing system Seed Water mgt Rainfall Seasonal Wind Pest Burundi 0.0 18.8 18.8 18.8 18.8 25.0 38.1 4.8 33.3 23.8 Ivory coast 0.0 30.8 15.4 15.4 23.1 15.4 42.9 0.0 28.6 28.6 DRC 0.0 16.7 33.3 8.3 25.0 16.7 36.4 0.0 40.9 22.7 Ghana 42.9 16.7 14.3 7.1 7.1 11.9 20.0 46.7 0.0 33.3 Nigeria 47.2 19.4 8.3 2.8 11.1 11.1 0.0 87.5 0.0 12.5 Rwanda 58.8 0.0 23.5 0.0 0.0 17.7 20.0 60.0 0.0 20.0 % of grand total 33.1 16.9 16.2 7.4 11.8 14.7 31.7 20.2 23.1 25.0 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338010.t003