The Mastercard Foundation Agribusiness Challenge Fund (Grants from USD 500,000 – 2,500,000) Application Window Deadlines: 7 June 2024 | 30 August 2024 | 22 November 2024 OVERVIEW The Agribusiness Challenge Fund is a rolling call for proposals open from 18 March 2024 to 22 November 2024, with three application harvest periods in between. The challenge will be open […]
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Partnering with small-scale farmers through revenue-sharing alternative to aid by Adrian Raisbeck – mbora On the southeastern shore of Lake Malawi, a project called mbora is proving itself an alternative to aid dependency in rural African communities, says project founder Adrian Raisbeck. “mbora has formed two groups of predominantly women smallholder farmers working solar irrigated […]
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Fungiculture and Success in Malawi by Mary Jane Maxwell The list of agricultural problems in Malawi is long; they appear intractable — impossible to solve. However, shortening that list has consumed two young social entrepreneurs. With support from the Resolution Project and the Mastercard Foundation, they are training women and youth to start […]
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Baobab Holds Out Promise for Malawi’s Farmers and Forests by Sam Jones Sitting in his well-ordered office on the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, Chris Dohse reflects on the metamorphosis of the mango. How, he asks, did the once-exotic south Asian fruit achieve high street ubiquity, reinventing itself as everything from a cheesecake […]
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