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Agriculture in Africa faces the great challenge of exporting
Africa relies more and more on exporting its commodities, and agricultural products for more than half of its countries.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- global development, SDGs
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India’s agritech startups are employing data mining and AI to improve crop yield, make farming profitable
Agritech startups seem to be having their moment in the sun. There are many startups like SatSure that are disrupting the Indian agricultural economy in unexpected ways. Intello Labs, for example, uses image-recognition software to monitor crops and predict the health of farm yields.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Kenyan agri-tech startup Taimba wins $10k at SXSW
Kenyan startup Taimba, which connects farmers to retailers, was one of three winners of the 2018 Food+City Challenge Prize at the recent SXSW event, taking home US$10,000 in prize money.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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After Years Of Violence, Chef Offers Colombian Farmers Pride And Profit
A Colombian chef turned social entrepreneur, Leonor Espinosa has made it her mission to revive traditional agriculture, ancestral foodways and culinary know-how among rural, mainly indigenous and Afro-Colombian people.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Latin America
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Press release: Impact Terra secures nearly USD 3.0 million to digitize smallholder farming
Impact Terra, the Myanmar based agriculture and fintech social enterprise, today announced that it has secured nearly USD 3.0 million in funding to lead the digitization of smallholder farming. Its support includes a grant from the Geodata for Agriculture and Water (‘G4AW’) facility and a grant from venture philanthropy organization Leap201.
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- Press release
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Ghana And African Development Fund Sign $39 Million Loan Agreement
Ghana and the African Development Fund (ADF) on Thursday signed a US$39.01 million loan agreement to support government’s Flagship Programme in Agriculture: Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ).
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New climate-smart technologies will boost agriculture and jobs in West Africa
A new programme is being launched to equip farmers in Africa with climate-smart agricultural tools and technologies.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change