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April 24, 2023
Mind the gap: enabling data-smart agriculture for all
The datafication of agriculture promises better yields, reduced food loss and waste, and more farmers receiving fair pay for what they produce
April 24, 2023
In Colombia, a Story of Coffee, Family, and Climate Change
On The Frontline, a Colombian coffee farmer shares his fears of losing his family’s business to climate change and a market that doesn’t reward sustainability
April 24, 2023
Can Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) benefit from participating in agriculture derivatives trading?
India’s policymakers view the trading of commodity derivatives skeptically. As a result, they have enacted occasional bans and suspensions
April 24, 2023
Could ChatGPT be a Game Changer for International Development?
Large language model artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, Bard and others, has great potential in the world of international development
April 24, 2023
Community seed banks in India help diversify crops to revive biodiversity and improve nutrition
Millets grow well in Bihar, a state in eastern India, but farmers stopped cultivating the crop and lost its seeds
April 24, 2023
Can Pay-As-You-Go Help Clean Up Clean Cooking?
Over the past few decades, energy access discourse and practice have been dominated by electrification efforts. This started to change with the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in
April 24, 2023
Empowering Ghanian Women the Green Way
More than 57,000 women have benefited from products and services created under the GrEEn Project in the Ashanti and Western regions of Ghana
April 24, 2023
Emphasising the ‘S’ in ESG – five lessons from our social risk workshops
How is human rights management in supply chains going to evolve in 2023? What are the most effective ways to proactively engage key stakeholders
April 24, 2023
When the world is drying up, every drop counts
As the water cycle is disrupted, farmers are having to adapt and come up with inventive ways to harvest, store and use water
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
India's latest GST reform, being termed as GST 2.0, is more than just slashing rates. By simplifying the tax structure, cutting levies on essentials, and supporting renewable infrastructure, it's open..
Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..