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e-Choupal India Case Study

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:27:34 +0000

In a country where 200 million people are engaged in farming or related activities, ITC is developing its internationally competitive agricultural business by empowering, not eliminating, the independent small farmer. The company is setting up of a networ

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Indiagriline by EID Parry (India)

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:37:38 +0000

Like ITC, EID Parry provides local entrepeneurs the technological backing to run Internet kiosks in rural villages. EID Parry has also created its own Internet portal, to support farmers with access to fertilizers and tools, education and crop disease dia

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Helping small-scale pyrethrum farmers in Kenya: SC Johnson

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:43:25 +0000

Do you know that Kenyan farmers can improve their livelihoods by efficiently farming pyrethrum, a unique daisy that is the source for a naturally occurring insecticide? A unique partnership between SC Johnson, the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya and ApproTEC is

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Akashganga (India)

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:48:35 +0000

Through its AKASHGANGA Automatic Milk Collection Systems (AMCS), SKEPL Pvt. Ltd. is using simple technologies to revolutionize the dairy industry in India. The Dairy Cooperative Societies that use the system are able to process greater quantities of highe

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Thamel.com: Diaspora-enabled Development

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:56:56 +0000

Thamel.com is a Nepal-based marketing and development company that has tapped the resources of the diaspora to create new opportunities for Nepalese workers, generate cultural value, and help move local businesses in a new direction.

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Social Innovations and Small Farmer Irrigation Market (Mexico)

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:11:49 +0000

This paper highlights the growth of the citizen sector and introduces principles emerging from the work of social entrepreneurs serving low-income families through market-driven approaches. It also discusses a pilot collaboration between Amanco, a leading

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ASAFE: Challenges for E-Commerce Promotion in Central Africa

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:15:18 +0000

ASAFE empowers entrepreneurial women in Cameroon to take advantage of the opportunities that private enterprise and initiative can provide for economic betterment. Founded in 1989, ASAFE began to promote e-commerce and e-readiness in 1999.

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ViaSebrae: E-Commerce Solution for Small Businesses in Brazil

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:18:16 +0000

The ViaSebrae platform has enabled Brazilian small businesses to undertake e-commerce initiatives they could not otherwise afford.

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Electricité de France: Providing Services to Rural Populations

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:25:03 +0000

EDF committed itself to help provide energy to developing countries' populations. Improving rural and peri-urban (areas outside formal urban boundaries but which are in the process of urbanization) zone development, reducing the impact on the environment.

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Distributed Solar Energy in Brazil

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:28:47 +0000

Approximately 25 million people in Brazil do not have access to electricity. Fabio Rosa, a local social entrepreneur, is aiming to fill this need through innovative distributed solar energy systems.

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