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Defining impact investing: A call to action

Many definitions may provide an over-arching meaning to the phrase impact investing, but this post provides practical steps and measures that enable a firm to quantify their investment as impactful. The two measures suggested here include providing investors an ‘impact plan’, and providing an ‘impact statement’ annually to investors, stating […]

April 17, 2013

UK leading the way in impact investing

A new report released by the Saїd Business School, University of Oxford and the Cabinet Office, UK shows that UK leads the way in social investing in the world. UK’s policy infrastructure encourages social enterprise and investment has made an example for the world. Read more here.

April 17, 2013

The Social Investment Market: The role of public policy in Innovation and Execution

This is a report prepared by the Saїd Business School, University of Oxford and the Cabinet Office, UK. It presents the best practices, perceptions and trends prevalent in this sector. It strings together insights from senior policymakers, investors, advisors, academicians and analysts. Read the report here.

March 21, 2013

Ghana: Smallholder farmers urged to look at farming as a planned business adventure

Smallholder farmers have been asked to use farming as a tool to lift them out of poverty by treating it as a planned business venture focused on increasing yields. The move away from subsistence farming towards commercial farming is key for farmers, according to Solomon Tetteh Amartey, President of Ghana […]

March 21, 2013

Starbucks expands ethical sourcing programme with new global agronomy centre

Starbucks has purchased 240 hectares of Costa Rican farm which it will convert to a global agronomy and development centre. This initiative will ensure 100 per cent ethical buying as well as concentrate on climate change mitigation research. Read more here.

March 21, 2013

Indian farmers grow micro to re-enrich soils

The Indian state of Karnataka, which consists primarily of smallholder farmers, had been suffering from a stagnated production wherein yields would not grow. A new programme called Bhoo Chetana, or soil rejuvenation has been helping farmers steadily increase their yields by anywhere between 20 to 50 per cent. This has […]

March 21, 2013

Africa: Agriculture to experience record boom, according to World Bank

According to a new World Bank report, rising local and international demand, mixed with strategic investments and incentives will see Africa’s agriculture and agribusiness sector rise to be worth at least US$ 1 trillion by 2030. Read more here.

March 21, 2013

Food store losses low at small-farm level

According to Michael Lipton, development economist at UK’s Sussex University, food storage losses for small holder farmers at the farm level in developing countries are ‘extremely low’. This conclusion has been based on studies conducted in India, Bangladesh and sub-Saharan Africa. This goes against the general belief that food losses […]

March 21, 2013

School meals as good for children as for smallholder farmers?

A new UK/US led initiative called the International School Meals Day plans to raise awareness about how children who do not eat, do not learn. A direct consequence of this is to ensure that children in developing countries have enough to eat. This has led to a new African-led initiative […]