As part of a series of opinion pieces to mark World Food Day, October 16, this article by Nathanial Matthews and Deon Nel highlights FarmerLink's mobile-based advisory service in the Philippines.
Grameen Foundation in the News
07/22/2018
The Manila Times cites Grameen Foundation's FarmerLink program as an example of digital transformations that are benefiting farmers in the Philippines.
07/19/2018
Grameen Foundation program manager Alfred Kofo Yeboah calls on Africa's emerging agritech sector to support policies and institutions that protect farmers’ privacy and data rights.
07/18/2018
Sanjay Podder, managing director of Accenture Labs India, explains his company's collaboration with Grameen Foundation to develop AI and augmented reality tools to help increase the adoption of financial services among low-income women.
07/12/2018
Gigi Gatti , Grameen Foundation's director of technology for development, discusses our FarmerLink program in the Philippines and shares key lessons for technology-based agricultural services.
07/11/2018
AllAfrica profiles SAT4FArming, a digital and satellite technology program launched by Grameen Foundation and partners to support Ghana's smallholder cocoa farmers.
07/05/2018
Through this partnership, Paytm and Grameen Foundation for Social Impact will provide job-oriented training to rural women and youth to help increase financial literacy and inclusion.
05/04/2018
Prabhat Labh of Grameen Foundation India discusses their use of digital technology, such as Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality, to expand financial inclusion in India.
04/28/2018
Grameen Foundation’s Lauren Hendricks and Gigi Gatti discuss the importance of female agents in encouraging other women to adopt digital financial services.
04/27/2018
Grameen Foundation is a project partner in the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index program led by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.
04/23/2018
Grameen Foundation's FarmerLink program in the Philippines is featured as one of the FAO's e-Agriculture promising practices for its use of satellite data, farm data and mobile-equipped field agents to help small-scale coconut farmers improve their productivity and incomes.
04/25/2018
Grameen Foundation’s Bobbi Gray and Christian Loupeda discuss the valuable role of savings groups in extending digital financial services to underserved communities in Burkina Faso.
04/19/2018
Grameen Foundation's CAN program in expanding access to financial services in the Philippines.
04/05/2018
In this joint op-ed, Grameen Foundation’s Bobbi Gray and FHI 360’s Ellen Galdava discuss how data-driven agriculture can improve the lives of smallholders farmers.
03/23/2018
Gigi Gatti explains how Grameen Foundation works with neighborhood shops and telecom operators in the Philippines to extend financial services to underserved communities.