Examples of supporting an enabling environment

Supporting the Government in Ethiopia

Aims and challenges

In Ethiopia, the Ministry of Agriculture is attempting to achieve an ambitious goal to map the country’s soil and compile in-depth soil fertility information.

The enabling environment is complex due to:

  • existence of multiple organisations with overlapping remits
  • no regulatory framework for sharing data

Solutions

Enabled by positive changes in the government’s attitude to the sharing of geospatial data, the Ministry of Agriculture engaged international development agencies, including the Foundation, and external data experts to support the development of a data sharing policy to address these issues. 

Two agriculturists stood in field using a hand-held data collection device