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BRAC Bank, Syngenta Sign Deal to Finance Farmers
Under this partnership, the bank will provide digital micro-loans to farmers, leveraging its advanced technological capabilities and extensive SME banking network.
- Categories
- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Babies in Nigeria Are Being Born With Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions with the highest rates of deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance in the world.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- public health, research
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Oorja Closes US $1.5 Million Pre-Series A To Scale Its Farming-as-a-Service Model
Oorja owns, operates and maintains decentralised solar infrastructure at the farm level and sells affordable irrigation and milling services to groups of smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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ABC Fund Invests €1.1 Million in Colombia’s MiCreditoYa Microfinanciera SAS
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (“ABC Fund”) today announces an investment of EUR€1.1m in MiCreditoYa Microfinanciera SAS, a leading Microfinance Institution operating in the Nariño department in the South West of Colombia.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Root Capital Celebrates $2 Billion in Lending Over 25 Years
Over the past 25 years, Root Capital has provided financing to over 800 agricultural businesses too big for microloans but too small for commercial lenders.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- lending, nonprofits
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New Research Suggests Africa’s Green Economy Could Create More Than 3 Million Direct Jobs by 2030
“Forecasting Green Jobs in Africa” underscores the critical importance of a skilled workforce as an input accelerating African green industries.
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- Agriculture, Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: India Retains Eighth Position in Global Agriculture Exports in 2023: WTO
Among top ten farm exporters, only Brazil, EU, Thailand increased exports in 2023, per WTO’s Trade Statistics 2023 report.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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illionMonarch Tractor Announces $133 M Series C Funding – Marking Largest-Ever Raise in Agricultural Robotics
With this latest raise, the company behind the world's first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor cements its position as a leader in the space.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Global
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