Tag: myanmar

Singapore’s Agrocorp gets $50m sustainability loan to enhance Covid-stricken food supply

June 5, 2020

Agrocorp, which recently made a groundbreaking $12m blockchain wheat trade, will use the funds to “ensure a continuous flow of food from farmers to end-consumers.”

Mercy Corps teams up with tech startups to give farmers a fillip in Myanmar

April 21, 2020

The collaboration brings private-sector tech players into the mix to extend the scope of the NGO’s contract farming program for rice-growing smallholders.

There are more apps for farmers than ever before, but Southeast Asia’s smallholders aren’t biting

March 25, 2020

The region’s smallholders are increasingly active users of mobile tech, according to a new study – but adoption of solutions developed specifically for them remains low.