What’s Next for eAgriculture?
January 24, 2014
By Juan Forero, Mobile Financial Services & Commercial Manager, Grameen Foundation
Agriculture
More Money for the Honey: A Unified Approach Amplifies Impact for Poor Farmers
October 01, 2013
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs or ANDE, recently released a case study (PDF) on Grameen Foundation Pioneer Fund investee and TaroWorks client, Honey Care Africa. The study shows how a multi-faceted, collaborative approach can empower poor farmers in ways that individual efforts alone cannot.
Mobile Applications to Deliver Extension to Remote Areas
This study finds that the introduction of a Community Knowledge Worker within the area led to a signicant increase in the price farmers receive for maize. It also finds effects on farmer's knowledge, their attitudes toward information and extension and farming practices.
Community Knowledge Worker Pilot Report
Grameen Foundation’s Community Knowledge Worker Initiative is based on the belief that a distributed network of intermediaries, or Community Knowledge Workers (CKWs), can use mobile devices to collect and disseminate information to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
Mobile Financial Services for the Poor – What We Must Know
February 04, 2013
Originally posted on our AppLab Blog. Fredrick Ndiwalana is Relationship Manager, Applab Money Accelerator, and Ali Ndiwalana is Research Lead, AppLab Money Incubator, at Grameen Foundation Uganda.