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Agriculture: Amini Raises 2 Million Dollars to Solve Environmental Data Scarcity for Africa
This data can be processed to forecast crop yields for millions of smallholder farmers in mere seconds, as well as measuring the impact of natural disasters across the region.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How the Uber of Tractors Is Revolutionising Farming
Africa-based startups are coming up with innovative models that encourage the sharing of farm equipment.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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$227 Million in Financing for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Madagascar
The World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD) are providing Madagascar with $227 million in financing.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- climate change
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Kenyan Agtech Startup, Iprocure Expands Into Tanzania
iProcure, a leading data-driven African agricultural input supply company, announced its expansion into Tanzania through its partnership with the Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA).
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, startups, supply chains
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Report: Bringing Regenerative Agriculture to Africa: Kenyan Farmers Are Enthusiastic but Need Better Packaged Info
Enviu just released a report detailing the results of a survey it conducted with 50 Kenya farmers to get their take on Regenerative Agriculture.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Around $258 Million Seed Emergency Food Aid: UN-Backed Report
The number of people who need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2022.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Applying a Gender Lens to Agribusiness: A Pathway to Economic Empowerment for Women
Women farmers in emerging markets face many gender-specific challenges when they attempt to participate equally in agricultural supply chains, employment opportunities and distribution networks. As Cait Nordehn and Bwile Musonda at TechnoServe explain, agribusinesses are well-positioned to address these challenges — if these firms can improve the gender inclusivity of their sourcing, operations and distribution. They discuss TechnoServe’s experiences deploying its Gender-Responsive Diagnostic tool with agribusinesses to identify opportunities for greater gender inclusion.
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- Agriculture
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PepsiCo to Convert Waste into Fertiliser and Electricity in South Africa
A food waste-to-energy plant is being built at Simba Chips, PepsiCo's Johannesburg site in South Africa.
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- Agriculture, Energy, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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