About Demand Signal Explorer

Demand Signal Explorer surfaces verified, evidence-backed demand signals — highlighting the priorities that countries, communities, and institutions are actively asking research, investment, and policy to address.

What is a Demand Signal?

Expressed or derived demand

An evidence-backed expression of need, intent, or opportunity from credible actors, government, research, industry, or civil society.

Demand-led, not supply-led

Demand Signal Explorer re-orients research, investment, and policy from supply-driven to demand-driven, closing the gap between what is offered and what is asked for.

Traceable to evidence

Every signal links back to its original source document, indicator, and citation. Datasets in the library further substantiate each signal.

Methodology

Data Collection

Continuous ingestion from research, government, private sector, and news sources across CGIAR focus countries.

Data Processing

Cleaning, deduplication, language detection and entity resolution before any analysis.

Signal Extraction

Models identify expressions of demand, need, or intent in source documents.

Classification

Multi-label categorisation by country, domain, theme, demand type, and CGIAR impact area.

Validation

Human-in-the-loop review by domain experts for high-priority signals.

Prioritisation

Composite signal score combining evidence strength, source quality, recency, and stakeholder spread.

Publication

Signals released to the platform with full evidence traceability.

Who this is for

Researchers

Discover demand-led research priorities backed by evidence.

CGIAR Centres

Align science portfolios with country-level demand.

Donors

Identify high-priority investment opportunities.

Governments

Surface emerging needs across sectors and regions.

Development Partners

Design programmes anchored in evidence.

Private Sector

Spot scalable opportunities aligned to public agendas.

Demand Signals vs Datasets

Demand Signals

Interpreted intelligence: what is being asked for, by whom, where, and why. Found on the Home page, in Signal Detail Pages, and in the AI Assistant's Demand Signal Mode.

Datasets

Supporting evidence and underlying indicators used to generate insights. Explored through the Data Explorer, catalogued in the Data Library, and surfaced in the AI Assistant's Research Mode.