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Walmart Foundation Announces Two New Grants To Help Smallholder Farmers in India

Both grantees will focus on increasing opportunities for women farmers via farmer producer organizations (FPOs).

Source

Zee News (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Agriculture, Finance, Investing

Region

Asia Pacific

Tags

farming, financial inclusion, gender equality, nonprofis, scale, smallholder farmers, sustainable investing

In Philanthropy, Race Is Still a Factor in Who Gets What, Study Finds

The data is being released to show the philanthropic community how entrenched and persistent unequal funding is, said Cheryl L. Dorsey, president of Echoing Green

Source

New York Times (link opens in a new window)

Tags

data, income inequality, nonprofis, philanthropy, research