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Technology Innovations Look To Change the Cacao Landscape in Colombia
As Colombia searches for a way forward after a half-century of war, the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) could have a significant role to play. Called the food of the gods, this squat tropical hardwood holds exceptional social and environmental promise in the intractable expanses of the country.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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UN Warns Nigeria, Yemen and Others Risk Falling Into Famine in 6 Months
UN’s World Food Programme warned that Nigeria could face major food emergency in three to six months.
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- Agriculture
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Press Release: Acceso Acquires Leading Digital Field Agent Extensio To Transform Smallholder Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
By combining forces, Acceso and Extensio will offer smallholder farmers an unparalleled and holistic solution, providing them with both digital and in-person information and training, agricultural inputs, affordable credit, and guaranteed market access to boost productivity and increase income levels in an efficient and cost-effective way.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Interview: Building Resilience by Shortening Supply Chains
Oumar Barou Togola is founder and executive chair of Farafena, a Vancouver-based social enterprise that imports and sells grain, flour and other food products grown by women farmers in the African nations of Mali and Malawi.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indian Startups Are Out To Digitize Dairy Farming
Dairy startups such as Country Delight and Stellapps are leveraging technologies like internet of things (IoT) and data analytics to increase the production and quality of milk and expand value-added dairy offerings like cheese, butter, ghee leading to an increase in the productivity and income of farmers.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Bayer Expands Better Life Farming Initiative in India; Empowers Smallholder Farmers Across Six States
After the successful implementation of its ‘Better Life Farming’ initiative in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, Bayer has now expanded the initiative to Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. Better Life Farming aims to provide smallholder farmers with access to modern agri-inputs and farming advisory and enable additional income generation through rural agri-entrepreneurship.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: The ABC Fund Scales Agriculture SMEs in Kenya and Uganda With $2 Million Revolving Credit Facility for FACTS
The Agri-Business Capital (‘ABC Fund’) has signed an agreement for a $2 million revolving credit facility to FACTS Advance BV (‘FACTS’) to provide short-term trade finance solutions for SMEs in Kenya and Uganda primarily operating in the agriculture sector.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial inclusion, scale
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Indonesia’s ‘Militarized Agriculture’ Raises Social, Environmental Red Flags
Observers and activists have raised concerns about the leading role the Indonesian government plans to give to the military and to big corporations in a program to establish vast crop plantations across the country.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- South Asia