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Cargill Advances Child Protection Efforts in Direct Cocoa Supply Chains Globally
Cargill’s approach involves training women and youth to conduct surveys on child labour and coordinate data collection systems in 56 communities where these farmers live.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: COVID-19 Response Must Target African Ag and the Rural Poor
Agriculture contributes to 65 percent of Africa’s employment and 75 percent of its domestic trade. Now the rich potential of agriculture as a tool to promote food security and fight poverty is at risk from the effects of COVID-19.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Boost for Farmers in Africa as Food Security Platform Ujuzikilimo Partners With Venture Capital Firm
Small scale farmers in Africa are set to enjoy Kshs 18million worth of technical support as part of a social-economic recovery initiative by an agricultural technology solutions provider.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFAD Makes Landmark Investment in Impact Fund Helping Rural SMEs
In a continuation of its efforts to help small-scale farmers and micro-, small and medium size rural enterprises in developing countries create jobs and increase incomes, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today an investment of US$9 million (€8.4 million) into the Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund, a blended capital impact fund.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An Invention That Could Salvage African Soil From Poor Yields
The UD Tech Farm System is a social impact innovation kit that instantly analyses the soil moisture, the pH and nutrient levels, and then sends an SMS notification to the farmer in real-time.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Nigeria Needs to Close the Financial Inclusion Gap for Women Smallholder Farmers
Women smallholder farmers in Nigeria are involved in all aspects of agriculture. Yet, because they are women, they are held back by unequal access to resources that would help them become more successful.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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General Mills, Danone Dig Deeper Into Regenerative Agriculture With Incentives, Funding
"Some of the nation’s most important conservation efforts focus on voluntary efforts to improve soil health, habitats and agricultural practices on private lands," said Jeff Trandahl, executive director and CEO of NFWF, in a statement.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- North America
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Agritech Startup Clover Raises $5.5 MN From Omnivore, Accel
Clover is an agritech platform that works with farmers across India and markets greenhouse-grown produce through business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) channels.
- Categories
- Agriculture
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- agtech, startups, venture capital