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December 29, 2012
Can ICT be a Catalyst in Microfinance Programme: A Conceptual Model
This paper looks at ways that ICT, a known developmental tool can be leveraged through access to microfinance, and how ICT agents can then catalyse the development indicators in the lives of the targeted group. Read the report here.
December 29, 2012
FAO: Poor countries must invest in farming to tackle hunger
According to the UN FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), the poorer countries must focus on bettering their agricultural system for their smallholding farmers by investing in ‘public goods’ and facilitating the availability of new technologies. Read more here.
December 29, 2012
IFAD, AGRA call for sustained investments in Africa’s smallholding farmers
According to IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) President, Kanayo F. Nwanze, and President of AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa), Jane Karuku, there must remain a sustained global push for the betterment of African smallholding farmers through the future. This is imperative to meet the demands in […]
December 29, 2012
Mercy Corps, USAID help Gautemalan farmers
An alliance called Inclusive Market Alliance for Rural Entrepreneurs (IMARE), formed by USAID, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) and Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS), is now a part of the US Government’s Feed the Future Presidential Initiative that supports Guatemala’s “Zero Hunger Pact”. This initiative addresses high rates of […]
December 29, 2012
UK DFID and China to help improve farming in China
Britain’s Department for International Development and China have collaborated for a four year long programme aiming to improve agricultural productivity in Africa. Read more here.
December 29, 2012
PepsiCo to ramp up potato procurement from India
PepsiCo is looking to double its potato procurement capacity from India from 240,000 tonnes in 2012 financial year to double of the same. This would mean an increased demand from the agricultural sector of the country, made majorly of smallholder farmers. Read more here.
December 29, 2012
Reshaping the future of cocoa farming in Africa
While their counterparts in Latin America encourage their cocoa plantations with plenty of shade from other trees, farmers in Africa cut down the trees which facilitate a better carbon sink and nutrition absorption so that they may be able to plant more trees. Now, there may be respite for the […]
December 29, 2012
4 ways to make ‘contract farming’ benefit the poor
This post argues for the case of contract farming as a tool to help poor farmers in developing countries emerge out of poverty. While the pros involved a steady income, and yield boosting inputs, the cons include exploitation of the farmers by the contracting body. If farmers were to leverage […]
December 29, 2012
How to save agriculture, feed the world and end rural poverty before 2050
This post talks about the necessary innovation required for the poor, small scale farmers in the developing world, in the view of increasing their productivity to feed a growing world, and to increase their incomes. The key is institutional reform wherein farmers and primary producers take ownership roles, with the […]
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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