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Insightful Reports

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Why agribusiness in Mozambique is an attractive investor opportunity

While many fronts for the foreign investor are closed due to unduly complicated procedures, high corruption rates and more, agribusiness may be one sector where an investor could generate revenue while contributing to impact. Mozambique, the 35th largest country in the world uses only 10 per cent of its land […]

January 28, 2013

Zimbabwe: Food production declines further

Despite good rains, Zimbabwe is forecasted to have a severe decline in crop production, and will have to rely on costly food imports again. This forecast was made by the Commercial Farmers Union. Read more here.

January 28, 2013

New report on China’s dairy farms released

A new report, called ‘Special Research Report on China’s Dairy Farms 2013’ has been released by market researcher Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant Ltd. In the wake of China’s appalling baby formula scandal, this report promises a number of facts related to China’s dairy farms. Read more here and here.

January 28, 2013

Catch-22 for South Africa’s farming costs

This post outlines a catch-22 situation in South Africa’s agricultural sector wherein an average farm will not be able to afford a minimum wage increase of more than US$2.25 a day, despite the need for families that engage as farm labourers to earn more. Read more here. At the same […]

January 28, 2013

Smallholder farmers in Kenya – feeding the present and the future

The Rift Valley in Kenya has favourable climatic conditions for the cultivation of horticultural plants. However, this opportunity is only now being leveraged by USAID’s Kenya Horticultural Competitiveness Program (USAID-KHCP). USAID-KHCP is partnering with cargo handling export company Canken International Limited to export a variety of high quality fruits and […]

January 28, 2013

India: SSA’s e-governance project launched

Indian government’s education for all project, called SSA or Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has used information from its field officers through written paper documents. However, in the Indian city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, pilot projects for e-governance have been launched, which reduce a number of errors and shortens the time period […]

January 28, 2013

8Villages, empowering farmers through mobile phones, to expand in 2013

8Villages, founded in 2012 started off in Indonesia as a mobile social network for smallholder farmers, wherein they could find buyers and sellers easily. Now, this social enterprise is all set to expand, based on a number of successful partnerships. Read more here.

January 28, 2013

GSMA launches global initiative to combat diabetes

Diabetes is a disease that affects more than 371 million people in the world. GSMA, a London based organization advocacy groups and organizations as well as manufacturers, software companies and Internet providers, is launched an mHealth initiative called mDiabetes which will help GSMA subscribers, reached through some 230 companies in […]

January 28, 2013

National mHealth service laucnhed for pregnant and new mothers

MAMA, or the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action recently announced the launch of a national mHealth service in Bangladesh. This service will deliver to expecting and new mothers information regarding a child’s first year of life, through culturally sensitive, and stage based voice messages. This service will be low cost, […]