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GreenPod Labs Wins $50K Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Prize
GreenPod Labs Secures $50K Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Prize for Groundbreaking Active Packaging Solution.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- food security, innovation
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Debate Rages Over Push for New Green Revolution in Africa’s Agriculture
After decades of mono-cropping and overgrazing, around 65% of Africa’s farmland, opens new tab is now considered unproductive or degraded, leaving more than 270 million people facing chronic hunger.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GAFSP Launches $75 Million Financing Window to Mobilize Private Investment Into High-Potential Agricultural Entrepreneurs
GAFSP is a multilateral partnership platform that has deployed more than US$2.5 billion of donor resources for global food and nutrition security financing since its establishment by the G20 in 2010.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Global
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BII and FMO Join Forces With the UK Government to Boost Finance for Agribusinesses
The facility addresses the lack of access to finance for agribusinesses in developing countries and increases support for successful, inclusive agribusinesses.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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Press Release: Gates Foundation Report Calls for Targeted Global Health Spending to Save Millions of Children from Malnutrition and Disease
New modeling shows 40 million more children will suffer from hunger’s worst effects by 2050 due to climate change, but immediate action could instead boost health, spur economic growth.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Fund Grants $60 Million Loan to Benin to Strengthen Its Economic Governance and Private Sector Development
The programme will boost the private sector's contribution to the national economy by improving the overall business environment.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Oorja Closes US $1.5 Million Pre-Series A To Scale Its Farming-as-a-Service Model
Oorja owns, operates and maintains decentralised solar infrastructure at the farm level and sells affordable irrigation and milling services to groups of smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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One Acre Fund Secures $1.4 Million Debt Funding to Support Farmers in Africa
One Acre Fund has recently secured a $1.4 million debt fund from Impact Bridge Asset Management to finance and support farmers in Africa.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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