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GrowthAfrica invests in five Kenyan agribusiness start-ups
Five Kenyan entrepreneurs receive 5,000 USD each to solve problems in the agriculture value chain. Nairobi- Kenya- 22nd May 2014: The Growth Hub; a Nairobi based high impact business accelerator is pleased to announce the five start-ups that have received 5,000USD in funding after a successful 16 week incubation program to develop a prototype, pilot and launch their innovation in the market.
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- Agriculture
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- impact investing
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A Coffee Crop Withers
Fungus Cripples Coffee Production Across Central America
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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Opinion: How Rising Food Prices Can Bring About the End of Poverty
One of the world’s cruellest dilemmas is that the great majority of its starvation and malnutrition cases are found among farmers.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Fake seeds force Ugandan farmers to resort to ‘bronze age’ agriculture
Gangs selling counterfeit high yield seeds are trapping farmers in a cycle of poverty as crops fail.
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- Agriculture
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- supply chains
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Indigenous leaders empowering communities through social enterprise
Initiatives such as a healing centre in the Amazon forest are helping indigenous groups protect and manage their own land.
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- Agriculture
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PRESS RELEASE: Social Lenders Join Forces to Develop Industry Standards, Best Practices for Smallholder Agricultural Finance
The alliance of social lending institutions, also referred to as impact-first agricultural lenders, was formally launched today at the 11th Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.
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- Agriculture
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eKutir’s VeggieLite gains Gates Foundation grant
eKutir’s new project VeggieLite is a recipient of Grand Challenges India 2014, supported by the Gates Foundation, USAID and DBT, the Indian government’s anti-poverty scheme.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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Japanese microfinance fund seeks to assist small Peruvian farmers
A Japanese small-lot fund operator said Thursday it will launch a new fund with a credit cooperative in Peru to assist Peruvian small farmers, who lack access to financial services, to meet their daily farming needs.
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- Agriculture
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