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Countdown to World Peace Day
June 21 also marks the three-month countdown to Peace Day on Sept. 21, 2012, when we hope to see the largest global reduction of violence ever recorded on one day – the Global Truce 2012 campaign. We believe this will be the largest-ever gathering of individuals in the name of peace.
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- Agriculture
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CEOs urge Rio+20 leaders to make water security top priority
AFP - Some 45 corporate chiefs attending the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development on Monday pledged to make water security a strategic priority and called for decisive action by governments.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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From the Front Lines: Thousands of Acres and Jobs – Building a Sustainable Banana Company in Mozambique
I have been focusing most of my time with TechnoServe on a new capital-raising initiative for a growth-oriented greenfield banana plantation. We are in the process of raising in excess of $30 million to plant over 3,000 hectares in the years ahead. The company, which could employ up to 4,000 workers, may grow to become one of the largest producers of bananas in the country.
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- Agriculture
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Can This New Backpack Solve The World’s Water Woes?
You may not have heard of Greif, but you’re probably familiar with its products. One of the largest industrial packaging companies in the world, Greif makes plastic drums, fiber drums, water bottles for water coolers, steel containers, and more. The companies that buy certain Greif products--like the drums that hold hazardous chemicals--are the same ones that may inadvertently poison people in the developing world who use those containers to transport water after they’ve been thrown out. And so it makes a certain kind of sense that Greif would step up to create a solution, dubbed WaterWear, that allows people to safely and easily carry gallons of clean water.
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New Farmer Alliance to Improve Incomes and Food Security in Africa
WASHINGTON, DC, June 12, 2012 – Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Vodafone, and TechnoServe launched a new partnership to increase the productivity, incomes and resilience of smallholder farmers in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania. The Connected Farmer Alliance will leverage mobile phone-enabled solutions to improve supply chain efficiency and increase farmers’ ability to access secure, timely payments and other financial services.
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- Agriculture
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TechnoServe: Introducing Our Updated Vision and Mission
Today, we launch our 2011 Annual Report, where we share the first elements of our refreshed brand –the new vision and mission statements. Although the language is updated, the vision and mission reflect the spirit of TechnoServe throughout our 44 years.
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- Agriculture
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The Impact of Impact Investment – A Chat With Root Capital
During the SOCAP Design the Future in Malmö, Catherine Gill, vice president of investor relations, and Saurin Nanavati, director of Financial Advisory Services, sat down to talk about their business model impacts clients and their communities, but also its influence other impact investors.
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Acumen Fund Invests in Virtual City to Automate Agricultural Supply Chains in East Africa and….
Nairobi, Kenya, June 5, 2012 – Acumen Fund, a pioneering nonprofit global venture firm addressing poverty across Africa and in South Asia, today announced a $1.5 million convertible debt investment in Virtual City, a mobile technology services provider based in Nairobi.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- supply chains
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