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AgTechs in India – Growing landscape and challenges
This blog is the second in this series and covers the AgTech landscape in India, illustrates AgTech offerings across the agri value chain, and highlights the three key challenges that limit their growth.
Jul 15, 2020
Agtechs and financial institutions: Financing farmers in India
This blog, the third and final piece in this series, focuses on partnerships between AgTechs and financial institutions to improve access to finance for farmers. It also offers recommendations to improve the AgTech ecosystem in India.
Jul 15, 2020
The role of tech-enabled formal financing in agriculture in India
India is home to 146 million farmers, 86% of which are small and marginal farmers. Although agriculture is a key economic activity in India and employs almost 55% of the population, access to finance remains a challenge for most farmers, especially the small and marginal ones.
Jun 3, 2020
Innovations and coping strategies for food security at the time of COVID-19
COVID-19 is likely to have a widespread, deep, and prolonged impact on every sector and segment. In this blog, we discuss some innovations and practical solutions for governments and other stakeholders to consider to aid food security and to protect the livelihoods of smallholders
Apr 29, 2020
The white spaces of the digital divide: 3G+ haves and have-nots
Examines the implications of the observation that in most rural villages, the infrastructure to support fintech remains inadequate.
Jul 30, 2018