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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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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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Viewpoint: How Do Oil Palm Companies Get Away With Disregarding Indonesian Law?
University of Toronto anthropologist Tania Li argues that companies can act with impunity because of corporate-state collusion and a lack of organised resistance.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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AgDevCo’s $8 Million Avocado Investment in Kenya to Create 2,000 Local Jobs
Agris’ fast-expanding herb producer, Evergreen Herbs, will grow herbs and vegetables and sell through Evergreen Fresh, Agris’ distribution company.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: ECOWAS Signs 15 Grant Agreements Worth €1.3 Million to Promote Training and Capacity Building on Agroecology in Members States
The general objective is to build an environmentally friendly system that will sustain and increase agricultural productivity and create resilience in West Africa.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Heat Last Year, Untimely Rains This Year: India’s Wheat Crop Takes a Hit Again
Devinder Sharma believes the existing crop insurance scheme has been designed to benefit the private insurance companies rather than the farmers.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- agtech, climate change, data, impact measurement, insurance, scale
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