AGILE DATA & DPI SUMMIT 2026 - Where Insights Meet Infrastructure - Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains

The Agile Data & DPI Summit 2026 will bring together innovators, policymakers, researchers, and private-sector leaders to connect the power of agile, farmer-centered insights with the strength of interoperable digital public infrastructure.

Advancing real impact through connected systems for sustainable agriculture.

For the first time, Agile Data and Digital Public Infrastructure will come together in one place — connecting innovators, policymakers, businesses, researchers, and practitioners who are shaping the future of farmer-centred systems. The Summit will be an immersive experience of active participation for everyone working to make data and digital infrastructure truly work for farmers — and for the systems that sustain them.

Across four days, we will break silos, unite diverse communities, and co-design pathways that link data collection, digital systems, and enabling policy. Together, we will identify and advance practical, inclusive solutions that create real, lasting impact for farmers and strengthen sustainable systems transformation long after the Summit concludes.

The organization of the Agile Data & DPI Summit 2026 is financed by our partners and donors at the Gates Foundation and GIZ (DIASCA Network).

The registration includes free access to all conference sessions. To make the most of this opportunity to bring together leading experts and relevant stakeholders for this Summit, we want to ensure that every participant has a smooth experience and can make the most of being a part of this Summit close to one of the Wonders of the World, the Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya – “Thundering Smoke”).
We have therefore curated two registration packages of which we kindly ask you to select your preferred option below.

For more information, please contact diasca@giz.de

Event date:

01/03/2026

- 04/03/2026

Location:

Format:

Organisers:

Gates Foundation, GIZ (DIASCA Network)

Languages:

English

Related concepts:

Smallholder Inclusion, Sustainability, Traceability

Geographical Focus:

Global

Upcoming Highlight Events

of the Team Europe Initiative for deforestation-free supply chains.
More information coming soon

Research Symposium
10.06.-11.06.2026

Collective Insights from Recent Research on
Deforestation-Free Value Chains and the EUDR

Eurotrip for Asian Partners
20.04.-24.04.2026

The trip will facilitate an exchange between EUDR implementing partners from Southeast Asian countries and key European stakeholders involved in the operationalisation of the EU-Regulation to clarify questions and build mutual understanding and partnerships.

Region:

Luwero, Nakaseke, Kassanda, Mubende, Bukomansimbi, Kyotera, Omoro, and Nwoya

Target group:

Smallholder farmers, traders, state and non state actors, and processors

Key activities:

Capacity building of smallholder coffee farmers in production practices and sustainable land use management.
Establishing traceability system and facilitating access to sustainable financing
Facilitate inclusive business partnerships between producer organizations and supply chain actors
Promote multi-stakeholder cooperation

Commodities:

Region:

Huánuco, Ucayali, Pasco and Junín

Target group:

Public and private stakeholders, especially exporting companies, cooperatives and smallholder producers

Key activities:

Strengthen the supply chains to meet EUDR requirements
Facilitate access to sustainable finance and knowledge exchange
Training of smallholders to sustainable manage their production systems

Commodities:

Region:

Ngozi and Kayanza

Target group:

Smallholders

Key activities:

Training on the use of traceability tools and support on collection of geolocation data for EUDR compliance
Support the development of a national coffee sector dashboard for traceability and transparency
Capacity building of smallholder coffee farmers in production practices and sustainable land use management.

Commodities:

Region:

Centre, South West, Littoral, South, East and West regions

Target group:

Smallholder farmers, women, youth, and indigenous peoples

Key activities:

Develop inclusive business partnerships with the private sector
Facilitate access to finance for sustainable business models
Support and train farmers in open-source traceability systems
Promote multistakeholder dialogues to improve legal and regulatory provisions

Commodities:

Region:

(Lower) Kafue Catchment Ecosystem

Target group:

Farmers and community forest management groups

Key activities:

Support community forest management groups in the
sustainable management of natural resources and livelihood creation
Support farmers to produce soy in line with the EUDR and increase productivity, and implement transparency and traceability pilots

Commodities:

Region:

Lampung, West Kalimantan, and Central Sulawesi

Target group:

Smallholder farmers, private sector, and civil society organizations along the value chains

Key activities:

Empowering Smallholder Farmers and Farmer Organizations by facilitating traceability and legality, building capacity on Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), and strengthening farmer organizations, ensuring inclusive support for both men and women farmers.
Promoting sustainable practices and collaboration by supporting village HCV/HCS conservation efforts, testing and strengthening the National Dashboard for traceability and legality, and fostering national and regional exchanges.

Commodities:

Region:

Son La, Gia Lai

Target group:

Smallholder farmers and marginalized groups

Key activities:

Support coffee value chain actors
Foster deforestation-free, sustainable, and legal supply chains

Commodities:

Region:

Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, Salonga National Park North, Salonga National Park South, Virunga National Park, Kahuzi-Biéga National Park

Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains