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Smarter Farming Could Cut Hunger in Drought-Hit Southern Africa
Southern African farmers facing hunger as a result of worsening drought know a lot about climate change but lack the resources to put solutions that work into place, agriculture and development researchers say.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Drugs Take Back Seat to Seeds at Bayer With Monsanto Acquisition
In the wake of its $66 billion-acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer risks starving its lucrative drugs business of the resources it needs to grow.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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Root Capital and The MasterCard Foundation to Increase Incomes for 300,000 Farmers in West Africa
Impact investing pioneer Root Capital (www.RootCapital.org) announced today at the African Green Revolution Forum a new partnership with The MasterCard Foundation (www.MastercardFdn.org) that will help raise incomes for over 300,000 smallholder farmers in West Africa. The Foundation has committed $5.2 million to Root Capital over five years to support early-stage agricultural businesses that generate transformational impact in rural communities in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Climate Change Predicted to Halve Coffee-Growing Area That Supports 120m People
Climate change is going to halve the area suitable for coffee production and impact the livelihoods of more than 120 million of the world’s poorest people who rely on the coffee economy, according to a new report by the Climate Institute, commissioned by Fairtrade Australia & New Zealand.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Haiti’s Peanut Producers Oppose 500-tonne US Donation
Peanut producers in Haiti have united to block the delivery of a 500-tonne shipment of nuts from the US. They say the shipment threatens to undermine the livelihood of thousands of people in the country.
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- Agriculture
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- Latin America
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Kenya Commercial Bank, MasterCard Foundation enter into $30m partnership to lift two million farmers
At least two million smallholder farmers in Kenya and Rwanda are set to benefit from a $30 million partnership to promote financial inclusion between the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group and The MasterCard Foundation.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Announces Fourth Call for Innovations
Press Release: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (MFA-NL) and the government of South Africa today announced a fourth call for groundbreaking innovations under Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development.
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- Agriculture
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- North America
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- innovation
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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa announces over $800,000 grant to Esoko Ghana for agriculture
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has announced an $867,788 grant to Esoko Ghana for the implementation of MasterCard Foundation project to boost agro input supply for smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa