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Beyond Organic: Promoting Indonesia’s Indigenous Farming Cultures
The first time Helianti Hilman visited the indigenous farmers of the West Java town of Garut, she was asked to remove her shoes before entering their fields. Her surprise grew when the farmers quizzed her on her mood – they didn’t want her upsetting the plants.
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How the Internet of Everything will help bank the unbanked in India
As digital frontiers expand, banks will be able to deliver highly customized services at relatively low costs and expand their customer base by reaching people who were until now outside the banking ecosystem.
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- Technology
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Indonesian Lawmakers Want to Fight AIDS By Restricting Access to Condoms
Want to stop the spread of HIV? Limit the availability of condoms. So goes the reasoning behind a draft law being developed in the Bengkulu province of Indonesia, on the southwest coast of Sumatra.
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Mobile Banking Provides Lifeline for Bangladeshis
Phone-based services revolutionize the way people save and send money.
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- South Asia
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WHO names Vietnam a new global vaccine supplier
Vietnam has become the 37th country and the fifth in the Western Pacific meeting requirements to produce vaccines for the global market, the World Health Organization said.
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- South Asia
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Citizen Media Shows Why India Is Unlikely to Reach Its Millennium Goals Target for Maternal Mortality
According to the UN Millennium Development Goals, India should bring down its maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. This is a tough ask, as from an MMR of 437 per 100,000 live births in 1990-91 India has only achieved a reduction to 190 by 2013-2014. Experts therefore believe that India is likely to miss its Millennium Development Goals target for MMR.
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Technoserve Launces Business Accelerator for Women-Led SGBs in Mumbai
TechnoServe, with the support of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, announces the launch of Empowering Women Entrepreneurs, its Business Accelerator program for women-led small and growing businesses in Mumbai and invites applications for its inaugural batch of 2015-16 ventures.
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With 2.7 million customer base, iPay gears up to become a billion-dollar company in India
iPay offers a tablet based e-inventory which connects the consumers to e-sellers through local retailers, allowing consumers in smaller cities to purchase online by paying offline.
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