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Sharing actionable knowledge helps to turn ideas into reality. CTA has seen powerful returns from bringing together young entrepreneurial thinkers and doers from all over Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

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DIGITALISATION

Smallholders in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are seeing their horizons broaden, as access to technology brings digital applications to agriculture. In Uganda, a project supported by CTA, has forged a partnership with Igara Tea Factory to transform cultivation through digital innovation.

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A project known as MUIIS (Market-led, User-owned ICT4Ag-enabled Information Services), led by CTA, links farmers to satellite-based services that help them to increase crop yields.

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Creating global value through high-impact crowdlending for unbanked farmers

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One of the first applications for the incentive system of blockchain: ‘cryptocurrencys’ was its use in remittances. A digital currency without borders could be used to transfer money across nations at a faster rate and lower cost than conventional methods. Crowdlending platform, EthicHub, has explored and implemented these possibilities to provide smallholder farmers in developing countries with financial services. Jana Petkanic, from the Benelux office for EthicHub, talks about the company’s innovative blockchain project in Mexico.

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MyKana: Designed in Fiji, tailor made for improving Fijian health

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Youth View all in Youth

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Ground-breaking digital innovation sought for Pitch AgriHack 2019

Wageningen, the Netherlands April 25 2019. Pitch AgriHack, the annual competition that awards young entrepreneurs in ICTs for agriculture (ICT4Ag) is open for applications. Now in its fourth year, Pitch AgriHack is an initiative by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) that supports ICT4Ag entrepreneurs through capacity building and funding to accelerate youth employment and agricultural transformation.

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Have agribusiness idea, but no money? Be inventive!

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Gender View all in Gender

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Bridging information gaps for women agripreneurs

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The starting point for any meaningful attempt to close the gender divide in agriculture must involve improving women’s access to information. Often, small-scale women agripreneurs in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) have good products, but no markets, and no means of finding the finance to take them to the next level. Information holds the key to unlocking opportunities, but how do rural women know it’s there – and where to look for it?

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Livestock business hubs unlock opportunities for pastoral women in East Africa

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