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Press Release: DFC Board of Directors Approves $1.6 Billion of Investment to Advance Energy Supply, Food Security, Climate Solutions, and Other Key Development Challenges
DFC Board of Directors has approved $1.6 Billion of Investment to Advance Energy Supply, Food Security, Climate Solutions, and Other Key Development Challenges.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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Viewpoint: Africa’s Cold Rush and the Promise of Refrigeration
The International Institute of Refrigeration estimates that, globally, 1.6 billion tons of food are wasted every year, and that thirty percent of this could be saved by refrigeration.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security
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Acceso Connects Farmers to Formal Markets for Increased Earnings and Food Security
With a business model based on keeping both profits and produce local, Acceso is aiming to reduce rural poverty by providing opportunities and stabilizing local food systems.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
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- Latin America
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Analysis: How Next-Gen Technology in Agriculture Can Make Food Safer in India
Adulterated food is made impure by the addition of an inferior substance, especially to prepare for sale by substituting more valuable ingredients for less valuable ones.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- food security
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Foodtech Startup Greens Secures Pre-Seed Funding From East Ventures
Greens aims to enable integrated food technology to bring about a new food ecosystem that will further improve the way people grow and obtain their food.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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African Development Fund Approves Additional $5.6 Million Grant Funding to Bolster Food Security and Resilience
The funding aims to build the resilience of Mozambique’s food systems in response to the current global food crisis, worsened by the war in Ukraine.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Patient Capital for African Agriculture Gives Back Far More Than It Receives
In 2021, global hunger surpassed all previous records, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure. This crisis is worsening, and African countries are at its epicenter.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security
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Fonio as a Cash Crop: How an Ancient Grain Can Provide a Solution for Food Security in West Africa – And a Model for Biodiverse Agriculture Around the World
Globally, most people rely on a handful of staple crops – namely, rice, corn and wheat – for sustenance. Pierre Thiam and Philip Teverow at Yolélé argue that, with the escalating risks of volatile geopolitics and climate change, this dependence makes humanity unacceptably vulnerable. They explain why the world must turn to biodiverse crops to achieve lasting food security in the face of these challenges, and explore the benefits of one such crop in particular: fonio, an ancient West African grain that can offer farmers not only subsistence, but a livelihood.
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- Agriculture
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