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EAIF Commits Additional $30 Million to Support Indorama’s Expansion in Nigeria
The investment enables the construction of a new plant, port terminal, handling stations, and storage facilities in Nigeria.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: A Farmer-Owned Tea Factory In The Himalayas Targets Systems Change
The ultimate goal was to create real system change that will upend the legacy of tea production which excluded farmers from the profitable parts of the process.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Easter Egg Prices Soar as Cocoa Crops Are Hit by Climate Crisis and Exploitation
Experts say the global shortage of the main ingredient of chocolate is linked to poor conditions for farmers supplying large companies.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Nine Business Models for Productive Use of Electricity in Africa: A Framework for Generating Profit and Impact in Off-Grid Energy
Improving energy access in rural Africa is crucial for poverty reduction, but grid electricity is often inaccessible or unaffordable — and off-grid alternatives present similar challenges. Olowo Aminu, Bodunde Akinola, Nneka Chime and Mosorire Aiyeyemi at CrossBoundary argue that Productive Use of Electricity (PUE) has the potential to solve these issues, boosting household income and economic growth, while increasing profitability for energy providers. They share a framework CrossBoundary has developed to help off-grid companies and other stakeholders plan for effective PUE implementation.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology
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Press Release: Report: Heifer Africa’s New Report Shows Impact of Innovation, Catalytic Financing on Youth Job Creation and Farmers’ Incomes
Heifer Africa's new report unveils groundbreaking findings, highlighting the role of technology in driving agricultural transformation.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: The AfDB’s $61 Billion Initiative Will Transform Agriculture but for Whom?
The one-size-fits-all Dakar II plan risks sacrificing biodiversity and smallholders for the sake of private interests. There is an alternative.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Deforestation: As Much a Financial Crime as an ESG Issue
The toolkit is intended to be a highly practical digital resource that firms can incorporate into their existing control and risk frameworks, helping them to mitigate their own risk exposures to the illicit financial flows.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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- climate change, ESG, forests, research
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Press Release: Bayer Pilots Unique Generative AI Tool for Agriculture
Expert generative AI system has been trained by Bayer agronomists and proprietary data to benefit farmers, agronomic advisors, and other industry users.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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