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Posted Building an Innovation Ecosystem to Transform Food Systems on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=m4aba6612691703ebcd2ca3f82ffd4d2a Meeting number: 2316 511 0035 Password: 8pcHfZXVK52 The Data-Driven and Digital Agriculture Team has launched a new, monthly FoodTech Innovation Webinar Series! FoodTech is the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology along the value-chain from harvest, storage, processing to distribution and retail. FoodTech has promising potential to facilitate the transition of agri-food systems to meet both consumers' demands and sustainable development goals. A diverse range of speakers and discussants from industry, academia, and policy will analyze the various challenges and opportunities in the ecosystem. The second webinar in the series provides a deep dive into the rapid transformation of the “hidden middle” of food systems particularly in LMICs led by SMEs (Michigan State University). Additionally, there will be discussions on alternative and plant-based proteins across the FoodTech and nutrition sector while evaluating and assessing the potential to scale innovations along the value-chain and from one region to another. Demand for human food and animal feed has steadily increased, particularly in developing countries. Alternative protein and plant-based meat alternatives are projected to gain a significant share in global diets and have potential to reduce carbon emission and resource use. The webinar provides an opportunity to highlight alternative protein and food processing companies (Veggie Victory and Blend Hub) and discuss challenges and opportunities in developing alternative protein-based products and business development in emerging markets. Michigan State University and the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics is addressing societal policy questions and solving practical problems for producers, consumers, and the environment in Michigan and around the world. |
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Updated Building an Innovation Ecosystem to Transform Food Systems on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=m4aba6612691703ebcd2ca3f82ffd4d2a Meeting number: 2316 026 5256 Password: 9T33me3hJtX The Data-Driven and Digital Agriculture Team has launched a new, monthly FoodTech Innovation Webinar Series! FoodTech is the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology along the value-chain from harvest, storage, processing to distribution and retail. FoodTech has promising potential to facilitate the transition of agri-food systems to meet both consumers' demands and sustainable development goals. A diverse range of speakers and discussants from industry, academia, and policy will analyze the various challenges and opportunities in the ecosystem. The second webinar in the series provides a deep dive into the rapid transformation of the “hidden middle” of food systems particularly in LMICs led by SMEs (Michigan State University). Additionally, there will be discussions on alternative and plant-based proteins across the FoodTech and nutrition sector while evaluating and assessing the potential to scale innovations along the value-chain and from one region to another. Demand for human food and animal feed has steadily increased, particularly in developing countries. Alternative protein and plant-based meat alternatives are projected to gain a significant share in global diets and have potential to reduce carbon emission and resource use. The webinar provides an opportunity to highlight alternative protein and food processing companies (Veggie Victory and Blend Hub) and discuss challenges and opportunities in developing alternative protein-based products and business development in emerging markets. Michigan State University and the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics is addressing societal policy questions and solving practical problems for producers, consumers, and the environment in Michigan and around the world. |
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Posted Digital Agriculture Platform to Enable Access to Capital, Improved Production, Aggregation, and Trade for Smallholder Farmers: Babban Gona and AFEX Nigeria on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=mf74fd914eac15eb73a91fa2d5d12383b Meeting number:2307 918 2107 Password: UNvCgpVu453 In 2021, agriculture contributed 22.35% of Nigerian GDP, and 70% of the population was involved mainly in subsistence-level farming. In the agriculture sector, productivity challenges persist from poor land tenure systems, low levels of irrigation in agriculture, and land degradation. Farmers also lack access and affordability to technology and inputs, experience high production costs, limited financing, high post-harvest losses, and poor access to markets. Despite the Agriculture Promotion Policy, Nigeria-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Programme, Presidential Economic Diversification Initiative, and Economic and Export Promotion Incentives, between 2016 and 2019, Nigeria's cumulative agricultural imports were four times higher (N3.35 trillion) than the agricultural exports (N803 billion). Nigeria has a thriving digital agriculture Agtech ecosystem. We are featuring two Agtech innovators in this webinar, Babban Gona and AFEX. They demonstrate the powerful proximity of working with farmers, ensuring their access to capital, and working closely with farmers to trade via a commodity platform. Babban Gona's unique technology platform enables their vision of creating millions of jobs for youth and making farming more profitable. The model also deals with the root causes of violence and a constructive route to strong economic growth, poverty alleviation, and reduced migration of the unemployed. Babban Gona is currently the largest maize-producing entity in West Africa. Over ten years, they have enabled smallholder members to increase their yields sustainably, attain net incomes of more than double the national average, and maintain repayment rates of over 99% on their loans. Babban Gona is currently growing very rapidly. In 2020, through leveraging our proprietary technology, they will present how they have doubled in size, serving roughly 40,000 smallholders to farm 80,000 acres. By 2021, they worked with 86,000 farmers cultivating 140,000 acres across Nigeria. The webinar will illustrate this critical work, proximal to both youth and farming, and feature the core of the business with climate-smart agriculture and climate change mitigation initiatives and building farmers' resilience to climate change-related shocks. Through their Women's Economic Development Initiative (WEDI), they support rural women to establish businesses and access education, training, financing, and inputs. AFEX harnesses Africa's commodities and talent to build shared wealth and prosperity. The AFEX infrastructure and platform investments work to unlock capital to power a trust-based economy in Africa's commodities markets. AFEX will present the development and deployment of
Nigeria has a thriving digital agriculture Agtech ecosystem. We are featuring two Agtech innovators in this webinar, Babban Gona and AFEX. They demonstrate the powerful proximity of working with farmers, ensuring their access to capital, and working closely with farmers to trade via a commodity platform. Babban Gona's unique technology platform enables their vision of creating millions of jobs for youth and making farming more profitable. The model also deals with the root causes of violence and a constructive route to strong economic growth, poverty alleviation, and reduced migration of the unemployed. Babban Gona is currently the largest maize-producing entity in West Africa. Over ten years, they have enabled smallholder members to increase their yields sustainably, attain net incomes of more than double the national average, and maintain repayment rates of over 99% on their loans. Babban Gona is currently growing very rapidly. In 2020, through leveraging our proprietary technology, they will present how they have doubled in size, serving roughly 40,000 smallholders to farm 80,000 acres. By 2021, they worked with 86,000 farmers cultivating 140,000 acres across Nigeria. The webinar will illustrate this critical work, proximal to both youth and farming, and feature the core of the business with climate-smart agriculture and climate change mitigation initiatives and building farmers' resilience to climate change-related shocks. Through their Women's Economic Development Initiative (WEDI), they support rural women to establish businesses and access education, training, financing, and inputs. AFEX harnesses Africa's commodities and talent to build shared wealth and prosperity. The AFEX infrastructure and platform investments work to unlock capital to power a trust-based economy in Africa's commodities markets. AFEX will present the development and deployment of
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28 days ago |
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Updated Digital Agriculture Platform to Enable Access to Capital, Improved Production, Aggregation, and Trade for Smallholder Farmers: Babban Gona and AFEX Nigeria on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=mf74fd914eac15eb73a91fa2d5d12383b Meeting number:2307 918 2107 Password: UNvCgpVu453
Nigeria has a thriving digital agriculture Agtech ecosystem. We are featuring two Agtech innovators in this webinar, Babban Gona and AFEX. They demonstrate the powerful proximity of working with farmers, ensuring their access to capital, and working closely with farmers to trade via a commodity platform. Babban Gona's unique technology platform enables their vision of creating millions of jobs for youth and making farming more profitable. The model also deals with the root causes of violence and a constructive route to strong economic growth, poverty alleviation, and reduced migration of the unemployed. Babban Gona is currently the largest maize-producing entity in West Africa. Over ten years, they have enabled smallholder members to increase their yields sustainably, attain net incomes of more than double the national average, and maintain repayment rates of over 99% on their loans. Babban Gona is currently growing very rapidly. In 2020, through leveraging our proprietary technology, they will present how they have doubled in size, serving roughly 40,000 smallholders to farm 80,000 acres. By 2021, they worked with 86,000 farmers cultivating 140,000 acres across Nigeria. The webinar will illustrate this critical work, proximal to both youth and farming, and feature the core of the business with climate-smart agriculture and climate change mitigation initiatives and building farmers' resilience to climate change-related shocks. Through their Women's Economic Development Initiative (WEDI), they support rural women to establish businesses and access education, training, financing, and inputs. AFEX harnesses Africa's commodities and talent to build shared wealth and prosperity. The AFEX infrastructure and platform investments work to unlock capital to power a trust-based economy in Africa's commodities markets. AFEX will present the development and deployment of
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28 days ago |
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Updated Digital Agriculture Platform to Enable Access to Capital, Improved Production, Aggregation, and Trade for Smallholder Farmers: Babban Gona and AFEX Nigeria on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=mf74fd914eac15eb73a91fa2d5d12383b Meeting number:2307 918 2107 Password: UNvCgpVu453
Nigeria has a thriving digital agriculture Agtech ecosystem. We are featuring two Agtech innovators in this webinar, Babban Gona and AFEX. They demonstrate the powerful proximity of working with farmers, ensuring their access to capital, and working closely with farmers to trade via a commodity platform. Babban Gona's unique technology platform enables their vision of creating millions of jobs for youth and making farming more profitable. The model also deals with the root causes of violence and a constructive route to strong economic growth, poverty alleviation, and reduced migration of the unemployed. Babban Gona is currently the largest maize-producing entity in West Africa. Over ten years, they have enabled smallholder members to increase their yields sustainably, attain net incomes of more than double the national average, and maintain repayment rates of over 99% on their loans. Babban Gona is currently growing very rapidly. In 2020, through leveraging our proprietary technology, they will present how they have doubled in size, serving roughly 40,000 smallholders to farm 80,000 acres. By 2021, they worked with 86,000 farmers cultivating 140,000 acres across Nigeria. The webinar will illustrate this critical work, proximal to both youth and farming, and feature the core of the business with climate-smart agriculture and climate change mitigation initiatives and building farmers' resilience to climate change-related shocks. Through their Women's Economic Development Initiative (WEDI), they support rural women to establish businesses and access education, training, financing, and inputs. AFEX harnesses Africa's commodities and talent to build shared wealth and prosperity. The AFEX infrastructure and platform investments work to unlock capital to power a trust-based economy in Africa's commodities markets. AFEX will present the development and deployment of
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28 days ago |
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Posted Tech Empowered “Bees for Coffee”: A Winning Combination for the Colombian Farmers on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=me0d3b2f9d3efd5f6a8572c6556152fb8 Meeting number: 2300 557 6605 Password: tGUg5fwXU29
On May 20th, we will be celebrating World Bee Day. A dedicated day to celebrate and build awareness on the most effective and essential pollinator to our global agriculture. They are vital to the survival and well-being of a healthy and prosperous ecosystem. Bees pollinate 1 out of every three bites of food that we eat. While the volume of agricultural production dependent on insect pollination has boomed in the past 25 years, the natural wild "free" pollinators are declining. Ubees' technology disrupts traditional beekeeping using connected sensors and sustainable practices. Managing the health and the performance of the hives remotely enables us to anticipate the risk to the colonies' development and increase the precision of the pollination. The "Bees for coffee" project emerged from Nespresso's initiative to promote resilience in coffee farming and Ubees' vision to save the bees thanks to technology, traditional beekeeping, and sustainable practices. The project aims to equip small Colombian coffee farmers with beehives and improve their income through technology and training while promoting environmentally friendly beekeeping practices. Our advanced monitoring and traceability technologies (IoT sensors) ensure accurate precision for bees and efficiency for customers. The panel will be sharing an introduction to the current bee situation in the global context before sharing the key achievement behind the 'Bees for Coffee' project. |
52 days ago |
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Updated Tech Empowered “Bees for Coffee”: A Winning Combination for the Colombian Farmers on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=me0d3b2f9d3efd5f6a8572c6556152fb8 Meeting number: 2300 557 6605 Password: tGUg5fwXU29
On May 20th, we will be celebrating World Bee Day. A dedicated day to celebrate and build awareness on the most effective and essential pollinator to our global agriculture. They are vital to the survival and well-being of a healthy and prosperous ecosystem. Bees pollinate 1 out of every three bites of food that we eat. While the volume of agricultural production dependent on insect pollination has boomed in the past 25 years, the natural wild "free" pollinators are declining. Ubees' technology disrupts traditional beekeeping using connected sensors and sustainable practices. Managing the health and the performance of the hives remotely enables us to anticipate the risk to the colonies' development and increase the precision of the pollination. The "Bees for coffee" project emerged from Nespresso's initiative to promote resilience in coffee farming and Ubees' vision to save the bees thanks to technology, traditional beekeeping, and sustainable practices. The project aims to equip small Colombian coffee farmers with beehives and improve their income through technology and training while promoting environmentally friendly beekeeping practices. Our advanced monitoring and traceability technologies (IoT sensors) ensure accurate precision for bees and efficiency for customers. The panel will be sharing an introduction to the current bee situation in the global context before sharing the key achievement behind the 'Bees for Coffee' project. |
52 days ago |
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Posted FoodTech Innovation Revolution: The 2022 Game-Changers on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=macd0d65e450ce9219ee0bcac6e3a77fb Meeting number: 2316 511 0035 Password: 8pcHfZXVK52 The Data-Driven and Digital Team is excited to launch a new, monthly FoodTech Innovation Webinar Series! FoodTech is the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology along the value-chain from harvest, storage, processing to distribution and retail. FoodTech has promising potential to facilitate the transition of agri-food systems to meet both consumers' demands and sustainable development goals. A diverse range of speakers and discussants from industry, academia, and policy will analyze the various challenges and opportunities in the ecosystem. This first webinar will provide a deep dive into innovation and entrepreneurship across the foodtech sector, while evaluating the potential to scale innovations from one region to another. The webinar will feature an ultimate list of food and beverage innovations from a newly released “Game-Changers 2022” Spoonshot report. Spoonshot analyzed more than 7000 foodtech startups and measured their innovativeness using several criteria including novel ingredients, health benefits, and consumer reviews. Additionally, the webinar will provide an opportunity to highlight foodtech companies (Awsum, Baby Grubz, and Burton and Bamber) and discuss challenges and opportunities in foodtech entrepreneurship and business creation. Awsum is India’s first Ayurveda-inspired functional chocolate incorporating ayurvedic herbs and botanicals into premium milk and dark chocolate for specific functional benefits. |
May 02 2022, 4:55 PM |
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Updated FoodTech Innovation Revolution: The 2022 Game-Changers on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=macd0d65e450ce9219ee0bcac6e3a77fb Meeting number: 2316 511 0035 Password: 8pcHfZXVK52 The Data-Driven and Digital Team is excited to launch a new, monthly FoodTech Innovation Webinar Series! FoodTech is the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology along the value-chain from harvest, storage, processing to distribution and retail. FoodTech has promising potential to facilitate the transition of agri-food systems to meet both consumers' demands and sustainable development goals. A diverse range of speakers and discussants from industry, academia, and policy will analyze the various challenges and opportunities in the ecosystem. This first webinar will provide a deep dive into innovation and entrepreneurship across the foodtech sector, while evaluating the potential to scale innovations from one region to another. The webinar will feature an ultimate list of food and beverage innovations from a newly released “Game-Changers 2022” Spoonshot report. Spoonshot analyzed more than 7000 foodtech startups and measured their innovativeness using several criteria including novel ingredients, health benefits, and consumer reviews. Additionally, the webinar will provide an opportunity to highlight foodtech companies (Awsum, Baby Grubz, and Burton and Bamber) and discuss challenges and opportunities in foodtech entrepreneurship and business creation. Awsum is India’s first Ayurveda-inspired functional chocolate incorporating ayurvedic herbs and botanicals into premium milk and dark chocolate for specific functional benefits. |
May 02 2022, 4:55 PM |
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Updated FoodTech Innovation Revolution: The 2022 Game-Changers on Calendar
Meeting link: https://worldbankgroup.webex.com/worldbankgroup/j.php?MTID=macd0d65e450ce9219ee0bcac6e3a77fb Meeting number: 2316 511 0035 Password: 8pcHfZXVK52 The Data-Driven and Digital Team is excited to launch a new, monthly FoodTech Innovation Webinar Series! FoodTech is the intersection of agriculture, food, and technology along the value-chain from harvest, storage, processing to distribution and retail. FoodTech has promising potential to facilitate the transition of agri-food systems to meet both consumers' demands and sustainable development goals. A diverse range of speakers and discussants from industry, academia, and policy will analyze the various challenges and opportunities in the ecosystem. This first webinar will provide a deep dive into innovation and entrepreneurship across the foodtech sector, while evaluating the potential to scale innovations from one region to another. The webinar will feature an ultimate list of food and beverage innovations from a newly released “Game-Changers 2022” Spoonshot report. Spoonshot analyzed more than 7000 foodtech startups and measured their innovativeness using several criteria including novel ingredients, health benefits, and consumer reviews. Additionally, the webinar will provide an opportunity to highlight foodtech companies (Awsum, Baby Grubz, and Burton and Bamber) and discuss challenges and opportunities in foodtech entrepreneurship and business creation. Awsum is India’s first Ayurveda-inspired functional chocolate incorporating ayurvedic herbs and botanicals into premium milk and dark chocolate for specific functional benefits. Baby Grubz is a Nigerian social enterprise that produces affordable nutrient dense weaning foods and toddler snacks. Their products are focused on providing nutritious and cost-effective meals while focusing on local ingredients and flavors. Burton and Bamber Co Ltd is a Kenyan agro-processing company creating healthy snacks and food ingredients under their “Sweetunda" brand, with fruit and vegetables sourced from small holder farmers, supplying local and international markets. |
May 02 2022, 4:55 PM |