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Press Release: Malawi Secures $4.4 Million in Funding From the Global Environment Facility Towards Building Climate Resilience in the Lake Chilwa Basin
The five-year project, known as ‘TRANSFORM’, aims to enhance the resilience of vulnerable rural communities by bolstering their natural, human, and economic adaptive capacities.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Analysis: As Africa Loses Forest, Its Small Farmers Are Bringing Back Trees
The loss of forests across Africa has long been documented. But recent studies show that small farmers from Senegal to Ethiopia to Malawi are allowing trees to regenerate on their lands, resulting in improved crop yields, productive fruit harvests, and a boost for carbon storage.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Heifer International, EthicHub Invest $420,000 to Improve Financial Access for Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Mexico
The investment will improve financial access for smallholder coffee farmers in Mexico through the EthicHub Regenerative Finance (ReFi) platform.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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- Latin America
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Press Release: Sistema.bio Inaugurates ‘World’s Largest Manufacturing Facility for Biogas Plants’ in India
The launch of the world's largest biodigester manufacturing facility marks a significant milestone in the sustainable energy landscape.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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MicroVest Invests in Financiera Finexpar to Boost Agricultural Development in Paraguay
The investment aims to enhance access to financing for agricultural and livestock Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Paraguay.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Latin America
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First Project Under IFC’s Global Food Security Platform to Tackle Food Insecurity in Bangladesh, Improve Farmers’ Livelihoods
IFC is providing up to $35 million to Tanveer Food Limited (TFL) to help ensure food security and improve the incomes of more than 123,000 smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Agriculture: Amini Raises 2 Million Dollars to Solve Environmental Data Scarcity for Africa
This data can be processed to forecast crop yields for millions of smallholder farmers in mere seconds, as well as measuring the impact of natural disasters across the region.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: How the Uber of Tractors Is Revolutionising Farming
Africa-based startups are coming up with innovative models that encourage the sharing of farm equipment.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa