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Press Release: Upaya Social Ventures and Beyond Capital Recommit To Investment in Freshr To Further Benefit Smallholder Farmers in India
Follow-on investment to support the extension of FreshR’s microentrepreneur and farmer networks, as well as continue expansion into new region of underserved communities
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Africa Launches $14 Million Program To Shore up Coffee Sector Amid COVID-19
ICO projects a loss of exports valued between $100m and $200m, potentially affecting 6.6 million jobs in coffee sector, particularly in east Africa
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Symbiotics Launches USD 6.75 Million (INR 506,250,000) Social Bond with Samunnati Financial Intermediation and Services Private Limited in India
Symbiotics has arranged a Social Bond, raising USD 6.75 million in local currency (INR 506,250,000) for Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Private Limited, a non-banking financial company in India.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: Kenya must build resilience of agriculture to survive ever-increasing threats
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the vulnerability of the agri-food value chain to external shocks, thus there is need for stakeholders to help build resilience of the sector.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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COVID-19 Impacts on Small-Scale Farmers Underline the Need for Building Resilience
While global food supply chains may be starting to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, food and agri-business Olam International underlines the importance of addressing the long-term wellness and operational resilience needs of those small-scale farmers in emerging markets who provide much of the world’s ingredients and raw materials.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
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Impact Investor Acumen Fund Backs Agri-Tech Firm Kheyti
Kheyti Tech Pvt. Ltd, an agricultural-technology firm focussed on improving the yields and income of small farmers, has raised funding from impact investor Acumen Fund.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: Shielding the Poor From the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
India needs specific safety net schemes in the short term and agricultural interventions in the long term.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Fully Digitalized Farming Is Nearly a Reality. Emerging Economies Must Keep Pace
It is no secret that the future of farming is fully digital. It is also no secret that farming at present is already largely digital.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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- financial health
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