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Investcorp Leads $55 Million Investment in NDR Warehousing
Bahrain-based Investcorp, a global investment manager specializing in alternative investments, said it has led a USD $55 million investment in NDR Warehousing.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Sistema.bio Closes Over $15MM in Financing to Scale Climate-Smart Clean Energy Technology for Farmers
Financing will strengthen partnerships and distribution, carbon reduction activities, R&D efforts and overall operations in LATAM, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- impact investing
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Hyderabad based Agritech Startup Our Food Raises US $6 Million
Hyderabad City-based agritech startup Our Food has raised $6 million in a growth funding round led by existing investor 3Lines Venture Capital.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- food security, startups
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Nestle Announces Innovative Plan to Tackle Child Labor Risks, Increase Farmer Income and Achieve Full Traceability in Cocoa
A cash incentive will be paid directly to cocoa-farming households for certain activities such as enrollment of children in school and pruning among several others.
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- Agriculture
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- gender equality
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Carbon Neutral Oat Milk Maker Nude Bags $5 Million Series A to Expand Across Latin America
Latin America’s (LATAM) first carbon-neutral food company, Nude, has closed a Series A funding round. $5 million was raised by multiple investors, led by Vox Capital and Lever VC.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Latin America
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- climate change
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Press Release: Essmart and One Acre Fund Partner to Expand Farmer Services
After successfully piloting farmer services in Bihar, India, we’re now partnering with Essmart, a last-mile distribution company, to increase access to agricultural products for rural farmers in Northern India.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- distribution, scale
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Mozambique: $47.09 Million Grant From African Development Fund for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone
The grant, from the African Development Fund, will help improve agricultural productivity and agribusiness development in the Niassa province by advancing institutional capacity, skills, and entrepreneurship to spur agricultural value chain growth.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure
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Viewpoint: Agricultural Research Fights Global Food Shocks
As farming costs rose and food crops were diverted to biofuels, progress toward food security, health and prosperity all over the world was reversed.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global