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Viewpoint: Agricultural Research Fights Global Food Shocks
As farming costs rose and food crops were diverted to biofuels, progress toward food security, health and prosperity all over the world was reversed.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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FoodMap Raises US $3 Million to Connect Farmers, Food Producers Directly to B2C, B2B Customers in Vietnam
FoodMap aims to solve the gap between demand and supply across the invisible supply chain with a back-end management system for farmers and suppliers.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Empowering Haitian Farmers Through Investment in Local Food Systems
Acceso Haiti, a social agribusiness, is working to build a strong food system and empower smallholder farming families with long-term opportunities and market access.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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AFEX Launches $100 Million Food Security Fund To Boost Smallholder Farmers
Nigeria’s commodity firm, AFEX has launched a new $100 million Fund over a 10-year period to support smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Plastics in Soil Threaten Food Security, Health, and Environment: FAO
While plastic refuse littering beaches and oceans draws high-profile attention, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability, suggests that the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with even larger quantities of plastic pollutants.
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- Agriculture, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Jeff Bezos Promises $2 Billion To Fix Africa’s Forests and Food After Meeting Prince Charles
The world's second-richest man has upped his pledge to help fund reforestation, and agricultural transformation, in Africa.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s Twiga Raises $50 Million To Scale Food Solutions Across Africa
Twiga Foods uses technology to build supply chains in food and retail distribution in Africa, and it recently announced a $50 million Series C round to scale its efforts in the East African nation and other neighboring countries.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: What EU’s Farm-to-Fork Strategy Will Mean for South Africa Agriculture
The strategy was launched in 2020 and is at the core of a broader initiative called the European Green Deal, which aims to reduce the environmental and carbon footprint in the way food is produced and consumed.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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