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Smallholder Farmers and Big Business: 5 Insights from the Field
Modern agricultural practices and new technologies have transformed the productivity and lives of large farmers, but often fail to reach small and very small farmers for a variety of reasons. However, some pioneer companies and organizations across the world have sustainably increased the income and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, by sourcing produce from them or selling products to them. What do these pioneers tell us?
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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Mercy Corps, MasterCard Foundation Launch Program to Boost Access to Financial, Informational Services for Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
New AgriFin Accelerate initiative to address barriers to access and use of financial services, especially for young women and youth.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A New Kind of Irrigation Could Boost African Farming—and It’s Powered by the Sun
Pioneered in Israel, drip irrigation saves water and fertilizer by delivering droplets of water to the base of plants. But off-the-grid farmers aren't able to use the technology without expensive diesel generators.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Three Keys to Engaging Women Farmers
Women in sub-Saharan Africa produce up to 80 percent of all foodstuffs, but often struggle, for various reasons, to access the resources that they need to achieve higher yields on their farms. Their families and communities often suffer as a result. It's a dilemma TechnoServe is addressing with its Smallholder Poultry Agribusiness Development (SPADE) initiative.
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- Agriculture, Education
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World Bank Warns Climate Change Could Add 100 Million Poor By 2030
Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the World Bank said on Sunday.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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- climate change
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Improving Photosynthesis May Be Our Best Bet to Feed More People
Our ability to keep feeding Earth's growing population using current agricultural methods is hitting its limit. So researchers are looking to alter plants' most basic systems.
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- Agriculture
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- food security, research
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PRESS RELEASE: OPIC and Big Tree Farms Partner to Modernize Southeast Asian Agriculture
$3.7 million in development finance supports U.S.-led coconut and cocoa producer in Bali, boosting livelihoods for low-income farmers - financing comes through innovative OPIC offering to support impact investments.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Groups Sign Funding Deal to Increase Competitiveness for Small Holder Farmers in East Africa
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has entered into a partnership with KCB Group to facilitate the implementation of a platform that enables smallholder farmers across the East African region access credit and training.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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