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Fake seeds force Ugandan farmers to resort to ‘bronze age’ agriculture
Gangs selling counterfeit high yield seeds are trapping farmers in a cycle of poverty as crops fail.
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- Agriculture
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- supply chains
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Indigenous leaders empowering communities through social enterprise
Initiatives such as a healing centre in the Amazon forest are helping indigenous groups protect and manage their own land.
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- Agriculture
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PRESS RELEASE: Social Lenders Join Forces to Develop Industry Standards, Best Practices for Smallholder Agricultural Finance
The alliance of social lending institutions, also referred to as impact-first agricultural lenders, was formally launched today at the 11th Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.
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- Agriculture
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eKutir’s VeggieLite gains Gates Foundation grant
eKutir’s new project VeggieLite is a recipient of Grand Challenges India 2014, supported by the Gates Foundation, USAID and DBT, the Indian government’s anti-poverty scheme.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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Japanese microfinance fund seeks to assist small Peruvian farmers
A Japanese small-lot fund operator said Thursday it will launch a new fund with a credit cooperative in Peru to assist Peruvian small farmers, who lack access to financial services, to meet their daily farming needs.
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- Agriculture
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Oxfam Vietnam Will Begin Investing in Social Enterprises
Oxfam’s office in Vietnam has launched a new impact investing program to support social enterprises in the country.
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- Agriculture
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Food
Newly engineered foods. A TV show satirizing big AG. Farming practices that reduce greenhouse gases. Here are the companies that are cooking up new ideas and changing how we think about our food.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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- nutrition
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Grameen Foundation announces funding boost for microfinance activities in Latin America
US charitable foundation Grameen Foundation has announced new $500,000 match funding backing to aid its Last Mile Initiative, that’s helping lift communities from rural poverty, including farmers in Colombia and Guatemala...
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- Agriculture