Partners
MDII is developed and led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR research center, with partners across CGIAR and beyond.
Supported by
The CGIAR programmes and accelerators that fund MDII, the evaluation and research partners, and the people who built the index.
CGIAR Sustainable Farming Program
Programme support and evaluations of Sustainable Farming digital tools.
CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator
Support to MDII research, development and implementation across centers.
CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator
Support to the gender and inclusion dimensions of MDII.
CGIAR Scaling for Impact Program
Programme support for MDII development.
With the contributions from the CGIAR Trust Fund (www.cgiar.org/funders)
Evaluation and research partners
WaPOR (FAO and IWMI)
Eleven WaPOR-based tools evaluated in seven countries. Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
MDII research and human-centred design in the extended team.
CIMMYT
MDII research and implementation in the extended team.
IFPRI
MDII research in the extended team; co-author of the paper on measuring digital inclusiveness in agrifood systems.
IRRI
Applied MDII in two studies.
ILRI
Partner in the MDII extended team.
Research partners
Within each group, names are in alphabetical order by first name.
Programme leadership
Anna Muller (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator), Inga Jacobs-Mata (IWMI, Scaling for Impact Science Program), Jawoo Koo (IFPRI, CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator), Lina Yassin (CGIAR System Organization, CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator), Mariangel Garcia Andarcia (IWMI, Digital Transformation Accelerator), Petra Schmitter (IWMI, Sustainable Farming Accelerator), Ram Dhulipala (CGIAR System Organization, CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator)
Development team
Amna Barzan, Carolina Iglésias Martins (lead), Felix Opola, Osal De Alwis, Saliha Ziyard, Vinuri Nisansa
Contributors
Ana Marta Duarte, Berta Ortiz (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT), Deepa Joshi, Emmanuel Ayodele Jolaiya, Githma Pewinya, Joanna Van Asselt (IFPRI), Likimyelesh Nigussie, Paulo Silva, Pedro Moraes, Roberto Christen, Samuel Storr, Sanju Koirala
Reviewers and advisers
Aayushi Malhotra (IRRI), Amjath Babu Tharayil Shereef (CIMMYT), Greg Seymour (IFPRI), Immaculate Omondi (ILRI), Indika Arulingam, Jonathan Steinke (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT), Karen Nortje, Niyati Singaraju (IRRI), Ojongetakah Enokenwa Baa
Want to evaluate your tool or bring MDII to your programme? Write to mdii@cgiar.org