All Blog Posts Tagged 'agriculture' (21)

G8 New Alliance should focus investments on the right foods for nutrition

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Added by Ewan Robinson on June 12, 2013 at 17:00 — No Comments

Is Fair Trade Good Enough?

Instead of firms having to prove they are good with FairTrade labels, Robin Roth, a speaker at the People Centred Business event at the…

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Added by Bruce Byiers on June 7, 2013 at 12:30 — No Comments

Innovations in Agriculture at the 2012 G8 Summit: Showcasing the mFarmer Initiative

By Fiona Smith, mAgri Programme Director, GSMA Development Fund

I was delighted to present the mFarmer Initiative at the Chicago Council on Affair’s Third Annual Symposium on Global…

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Added by Victoria Clause on June 29, 2012 at 15:00 — No Comments

Job Opportunity: Communications Manager, Africa Programme, Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Oxford HR is helping the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, an independent private foundation, to recruit a new Communications Manager for the Africa Programme based in London. Gatsby’s Africa programmes are focused on catalyzing the growth and competitiveness of key sectors in East Africa that impact large numbers of people.Gatsby has a business-like culture based on sound analysis of markets and where the Trust plays a proactive role in…

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Added by Maria Laguna on May 1, 2012 at 14:30 — No Comments

Bridging the gap between global expert knowledge and under-served people in emerging countries

If you believe mobile phones are one of the best tools we have to reach and empower masses of under-served people in the developing world and contribute to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) you should read this:

Numerous very promising mobile solutions are deployed today in emerging countries using SMS as communication channel to reach the poorest. Among them are health solutions like…

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Added by Uwe Schwarz on March 29, 2012 at 12:30 — No Comments

Job Opportunity w/ Save the Children UK - Senior Hunger Policy and Research Adviser

Senior Hunger Policy and Research Adviser

Save the Children

£38,000 to £40,000

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Added by Sara Godfrey on March 7, 2012 at 12:35 — No Comments

Ida Horner Meets: Yossam Byaruhanga, Sugarcane Grower, Uganda

Photo: Ida Horner; Yossam Byaruhanga, sugarcane grower, Uganda

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Added by Business Fights Poverty on January 23, 2012 at 20:30 — No Comments

Chris Brett, Olam International: Member of the Week

BFP: What do you do?

CB: I am the Global Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability for…

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Added by team on December 9, 2011 at 20:00 — No Comments

Request for Proposals: Gatsby Foundation supports institutional reform in Tanzania

By Ian Anderson, Africa Programme Manager, Gatsby Foundation

Interview: Meet Ian Anderson, The Gatsby Foundation: Member of the Week…

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Added by member on November 14, 2011 at 10:00 — No Comments

Hugh Scott: Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund Launches New South Sudan Funding Window

Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank

By Hugh Scott, Director, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund

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Added by member on November 1, 2011 at 11:30 — 2 Comments

The Business of Addressing Global Hunger: Quantity and Quality

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Added by member on October 15, 2011 at 3:00 — 4 Comments

The Vicious Circle of Ethiopian Famine

Added by Andualem Sisay on July 18, 2011 at 12:56 — No Comments

Ethiopia Boosts Fruits Import, Export

Ethiopia Boosts Fruits Import, Export…

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Added by Andualem Sisay on January 4, 2011 at 11:08 — No Comments

Service Continues to Dominate Ethiopian Economy

Added by Andualem Sisay on January 4, 2011 at 10:58 — No Comments

Ethiopia’s Crippled Agriculture (Analysis)

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Added by Andualem Sisay on December 29, 2010 at 14:37 — No Comments

Ethiopia To Introduce New Agricultural Land Lease Price

Ethiopia To Introduce New Agricultural Land Lease Price, New Business Ethiopia reported from Addis Ababa.

Added by Andualem Sisay on April 13, 2010 at 15:56 — No Comments

Sage Kenya, Promoting Entrepreneurship Where it Matters the Most

SAGE Kenya is a country chapter of the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship, a global community of teenage entrepreneurs sharing a common purpose. Started in 2009, Sage Kenya’s mission is to help create the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and social enterprises address the world’s major unmet needs.

Much of Sage Kenya’s work is currently… Continue

Added by Fiona Mati on April 7, 2010 at 16:19 — 1 Comment

Aquaponics gains in popularity

Aquaponics is something worth knowing more about. It can serve as a method for sustainably feeding people and spurring the growth of micro-businesses.

I posted this story on Our Green Streets: http://ourgreenstreetsblog.com/wordpress/2009/11/world-interest-spreads-for-aquaponics/

Added by Glenn R. Meyers on November 20, 2009 at 1:29 — No Comments

AGRICULTURE THE TOOL

We could make great impacts in the Developing world by helping out the poor with sustainable Agricultural practices to break even the crisis of poverty.

It is most obvious investors don't want to take the risk of relinquishing the imprisonment poverty could have cause these people in the Developing world.

A step to this is having the opportunity as a young entrepreneur in and among the family of vibrant Business 'gurus' to take the mantle in outreaching the hand of… Continue

Added by AMARTEY ALBERT on March 25, 2009 at 9:49 — 1 Comment

A framework of 6 partners working together for the rice farmers in Cameroon

Rice is the main cash crop in the Ngoketunjia Division in the North West Region of Cameroon. As such people rely on the sale of rice for basic necessities such as school fees and medicines. So when one of the women's groups approached us and talked to us about the problems with their rice farms, we were compelled to investigate.