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Donors Back Tech Over Aid to Feed Hungry World
Food donors want to deliver cutting-edge technology to poor farmers in place of aid in a bid to cut waste, preserve precious land - and make themselves redundant.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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- blockchain, e-commerce
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Innovations for Transparency: Disruptive Technology Enters the Carbon Offsetting Space
Carbon offsetting allows a net-positive carbon emitter to pay a net-negative emitter to offset their emissions, by trading carbon credits representing one ton of greenhouse gas. In theory, this system can help the world account for the unavoidable gasses emitted in the transition to a low-carbon economy. But as Kavit Borkhataria at AlliedCrowds explains, in practice, it's hard to confirm if carbon reduction projects are actually delivering the emission reductions they claim. He discusses some tech-fueled innovations that can boost transparency and push the market forward.
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- Environment, Technology
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Malaysia’s Mobile Money, Bangladesh’s Bkash Team With Ripple on eWallet Remittances
Blockchain-based global payments provider Ripple announced it has entered into an arrangement under which Malaysian mobile wallet provider Mobile Money, and bKash, a provider of mobile financial services to more than 45 million people in Bangladesh, will conduct transactions through the RippleNet network.
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- Finance
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Etherisc To Offer Blockchain-Based Crop Insurance To Kenyan Farmers
The project aims to provide a blockchain-based parametric insurance platform that helps protect smallhold farmers from the effects of climate change.
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- Agriculture, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Former Bitcoin CEO Launches Sonic Capital, Asia’s First Tokenized Venture Investment Fund
Sonic to support startups that use blockchain technology to provide solutions to environmental and social challenges, with a focus on the carbon credit markets
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- Investing
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Cambodia Is Optimizing Farming Yields With Big Data Insights
Big data might hold the key to unlocking the sustainable potential of the battered Cambodian agriculture sector.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- South Asia
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- blockchain
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Making Smartphones Relevant for the World’s Poorest Farmers: An Interview With AgUnity CEO David Davies
Extreme poverty is increasing in countries around the world, particularly in last-mile communities where most people work in agriculture. In this Q&A, AgUnity CEO David Davies discusses his company's efforts to leverage low-cost smartphones and other technologies to provide smallholder farmers with practical tools to connect with each other and work their way out of poverty.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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Press Release: Apollo Fintech Announces Completion of the First Blockchain National Currency Platform
Blockchain company Apollo Fintech is announcing the completion of its National Payment Platform (NPP), an innovative cashless system that enables a central bank to issue a sovereign, digital currency (stablecoin) for national adoption.
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- Finance, Technology
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- blockchain, fintech