Erratic rainfall, new pests and volatile prices make farming decisions harder every season, and programmes that rely on anecdotes struggle to show which practices really protect yields and incomes. Agricultural organisations now hold large amounts of data, from household surveys and weather stations to satellite imagery and mobile money records, but few teams turn it into evidence. Five days of applied training close that gap.
Participants learn to prepare and clean agricultural datasets, analyse rainfall and temperature trends, interpret vegetation indices from satellite sources, and compare yields across practices such as conservation agriculture, drought-tolerant varieties and agroforestry. Further sessions cover climate risk and vulnerability mapping, crop and market forecasting, indicators for resilience and food security, and dashboards in Excel, Power BI or QGIS. Ethical data handling and farmer data rights are included. The course suits agronomists, extension managers, programme and monitoring officers, agribusiness analysts, ministry of agriculture staff and researchers in NGOs, cooperatives and donor-funded projects. You will leave able to frame an analytical question, run the analysis and present decision-ready findings. Delivery is by classroom, online or in-house, and a CPD-accredited certificate is issued.
Climate-smart agriculture aims to raise productivity, strengthen resilience and reduce emissions at the same time, but trade-offs are only visible when evidence is available. Without data, investments in irrigation, seed systems, insurance or storage are guesses, and food systems remain exposed to shocks that arrive faster than reports can be written.
The Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course shows how to build an evidence pipeline from field to decision. Participants learn what data is available and how reliable it is, how to prepare it for analysis and how to choose methods suited to the question: descriptive statistics, trend analysis, spatial overlays, simple regression and index construction. Remote sensing and climate datasets are introduced at a practical level, with attention to local validation.
Day-to-day teaching is through guided labs on sample datasets from smallholder farming systems, followed by group projects in which participants answer a realistic question, such as where to target drought-tolerant seed or which value chains are most exposed to heat stress. They practise communicating results to farmers, cooperatives, county officials and funders. Participants end the week with a reproducible analysis workbook and a plan for building data use into their own programmes.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
Learning is laboratory based, with each concept practised immediately on agricultural data. The course uses:
Day 1: Evidence Needs in Climate-Smart Food Systems
Day 2: Preparing and Exploring Data
Day 3: Climate Data and Risk Analysis
Day 4: Measuring Practices, Resilience and Food Security
Day 5: Dashboards, Communication and Data Governance
The course will benefit people who generate or use evidence in agriculture and food security work, including:
Participants who attend the programme and complete the lab exercises and group project will be issued with a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems programme, you'll be able to identify and assess the quality of agricultural, climate, market and household data sources, clean, structure and combine datasets for analysis in spreadsheets and basic analytics tools, analyse rainfall, temperature and yield trends to describe climate risk for crops and livestock, and interpret satellite vegetation indices and map vulnerability using free gis tools. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course will benefit people who generate or use evidence in agriculture and food security work, including: Agronomists and extension officers, Monitoring, evaluation and learning officers in agricultural projects, Agribusiness and value chain analysts, Ministry of agriculture and county planning officials, Cooperative and farmer organisation managers, Food security and livelihoods programme managers in NGOs, Agricultural researchers and graduate students, and Climate finance and agricultural insurance product teams.
Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Data and Analytics for Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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