{
  "id": 16609648,
  "title": "We’re helping farmers around the world connect to essential services online.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/were-helping-farmers-around-the-world-connect-to-essential-services",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Google Blog",
    "slug": "google-blog",
    "url": "https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/google-org/digital-public-infrastructure-farmers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google.org, operating under the World Bank Group's AgriConnect initiative, is partnering with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank Group (WBG) to empower farmers worldwide. The collective objective is to enable 1 million farmers to gain access to essential services that improve their livelihoods by the end of 2027. With Google.org investing $2.5 million in this project, the WBG will enhance digital public infrastructure (DPI) for agriculture, creating shared digital systems that serve as \"public roads\" for online services.\n\nFollowing a successful pilot program in India, the WBG will roll out an AI-driven Open Network for Agriculture (ONA) across various countries in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. This network will facilitate seamless communication and collaboration between public and private sector service providers, allowing farmers to access critical resources through a single platform. This platform will provide farmers with digital farmer IDs, credit lines, direct subsidy payments, marketplaces for selling their produce, and voice-guided advice on farming, weather, pricing, and financial matters in their native language.\n\nThis initiative builds upon an alliance between Google and the World Bank Group aimed at advancing digital transformation in emerging markets.",
  "summary": "Google.org is investing $2.5M to help 1 million farmers access AI-powered agricultural services via the World Bank's ONA. See how it works.",
  "key_points": [
    "Google.org partners with IFC and WBG for AgriConnect initiative",
    "$2.5 million investment to empower 1 million farmers by 2027",
    "AI-driven ONA network to connect farmers globally"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Scaling digital public infrastructure through this partnership converts fragmented agricultural resources into a unified network that provides small-scale farmers with the essential tools needed to improve their global livelihoods.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}