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Press Release: FINCA Launches the FINCA Ventures Prize for Social Entrepreneurs
FINCA International is launching the FINCA Ventures Prize to support social entrepreneurs who share FINCA’s steadfast commitment to ending global poverty.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Nigeria’s UfarmX Expands to Senegal to Power Next Generation of Farmers Through Blockchain
Nigerian agri-tech startup UfarmX leverages blockchain technology to empower rural, unbanked and underserved smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BiomEdit Lands $4.5 Million Bill & Melinda Gates Grant to Reduce Cattle Emissions in South Asia and Africa
The project will focus on smallholders and pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with the goal of also improving these groups’ livelihoods.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: John Deere Foundation Announces $19 Million in Grants Aimed At Eliminating Global Hunger
The John Deere Foundation announced a series of grants totaling $19 million aimed at eliminating hunger by increasing access to food, uplifting resource-constrained farmers, and supporting global food systems.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AFEX Raises $26.5 Million to Address Food Security in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda
Supporting smallholder farmers to achieve a fair wage is vital to ensure they remain in operation, producing more and higher quality crops for local consumption.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Scaling Climate Finance for Smallholder Agriculture: Lessons Learned from Partnering with Farmer-Allied Businesses
Small-scale agriculture supports the livelihoods of more than 600 million families and generates over 40% of jobs in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Yet as Elizabeth Teague at Root Capital points out, agricultural livelihoods are highly vulnerable to climate change, and smallholder farmers receive just 1.7% of global climate financing. She discusses how Root Capital is working with farmer-allied enterprises to help close this gap, sharing what they’ve learned about how to design and scale climate financing for smallholder communities.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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Investing In Local Farmers To Build Food Sovereignty for Haiti
Inflation is leading families to cut back on meals and farmers to cut back on seeds and fertilizers.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Latin America
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Press Release: MCE Social Capital Announces the Final Close of Its Mesa Fund to Target Gender-Inclusive Agri-Businesses in Africa and Latin America
The investment rationale: expanding the potential of early-stage entrepreneurs and rural financial services providers.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Global