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Press Release: Gambia Secures $40 Million for an Inclusive, Resilient and Competitive Agriculture
The World Bank Board approved $40 million from the International Development Association (IDA)* to promote the development of inclusive, resilient, and competitive agricultural value chains, with specific focus on smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in Gambia.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Farm Laws Repealed, but Ground Reality Still Grim in India
The Centre’s recent decision to repeal the three farm Acts promulgated in June 2020 represents a U-turn in structural reforms of food and agriculture policies and their integration with global value chains.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Agriculture in Transition – A New Net Zero Focus?
Private finance has a role to play as by redirecting capital, financial institutions can play a crucial role in the global transition to a nature-positive economy.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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Precision Agriculture Platform Fasal Raises $4 Million From 3one4 Capital, Others
The company will use the funds to expand their business across India and Southeast Asia, strengthen their full-stack services, and ramp up hiring for sales and marketing, agronomy, and technology teams.
- Categories
- Agriculture
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- impact investing
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India’s Farmers Confronted Modi and Won. What Happens Now?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi capitulated to massive, yearlong protests against three agricultural laws.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Africa’s Agripreneurs Pay a High Price for Start Up Finance — Global Issues
Africa has pinned its hopes on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the resulting reduction of poverty. But its role is being stymied by the high cost of financing.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ABC Fund Deploys More Capital To Support Agri-Businesses in West Africa
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) is investing a total of EUR1.6 million in two companies in the shea sector, in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Supporting Women Farmers in the Age of Climate Change: Why It’s Time To Look at Agriculture Solutions Through Both a Gender and Climate Lens
In sub-Saharan Africa, women smallholder farmers face a number of significant barriers, from lower access to resources, to entrenched sociocultural norms that limit their mobility, time and decision-making power. And these obstacles are exacerbated by climate change, which also places unique burdens on women. In response to these overlapping challenges, Bianca Samson, Flavia Howard and Charlie Habershon at Dalberg argue that agricultural support efforts must combine a gender and climate lens. They discuss ways to align these three priorities to drive catalytic impact.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Environment
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