194
• Nicaragua: The 22 vegetable farmers making up the Tomatoya-Chaguite Grande
co-operative worked with TechnoServe to improve access to markets for their
vegetables and sell directly to supermarket chains.
18
They introduced drip irrigation and staggered their plantings to increase the number of harvests per year.
• USA: Robert Egger founded the DC Central Kitchen and L.A. Kitchens as culinary teaching, waste food reclamation, and feeding centers for low-income citizens. The combination allows L.A. Kitchens to train low-income people in
kitchen skills often while using wasted and discarded foods. Working with nonprofit AARP and the Los Angeles City, L.A. Kitchens has flourished under the
“buy local” program for several retailers.
19
• Vietnam: Metro Cash & Carry works with local vegetable farmers to improve
farm yields and employ better agricultural management including crop rotation
and improved fertilizer management. The result is improved quality and food
safety for the retailer and improved income for the farmer.
• Nigeria and Kenya: Hello Tractor is working with over 22,000 farmers, giving
them access to low-cost farm equipment rentals using smartphones to access and
rent out equipment. Considered the Uber of farming tractors, the smartphone
application connects supply and demand. The app lets tractor owners find other
farmers in need and rent out their equipment economically.
20
• West Africa: Easy Solar is a for-profit enterprise with a social mission of making
clean energy affordable to off-grid communities in West Africa. It finances easyto- use, high-quality solar devices to farmers not serviced by the existing electrical
grid. Since launching in 2016, Easy Solar has provided electricity to over 40,000
people.
21
• Bangladesh: HarvestPlus is an international NGO focused on biofortification of
crops to fight global malnutrition. Most Bangladeshis eat rice, but childhood zinc
deficiency and its associated stunting affect 40% of the children. PRAN, a food
distribution company, worked with HarvestPlus to supply zinc-fortified rice to
farmers and then bought the harvested rice through their distribution system.
Over 120,000 participating farmers were able to grow a profitable crop and
reduce malnutrition.
22
• India/Africa: Digital Green is a unique partnership among technology companies
(Oracle, Google, Microsoft), governments (India and Ethiopia), and NGOs (Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID). Smallholder farmers are given access to
data capture and analytics to improve the overall yields and quality from their
farms. Digital Green brings technology startups together with practical imple18 https://www.weforum.org/reports/realizing-new-vision-agriculture-roadmap-stakeholders
19 https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-la-kitchen-food-waste-20150817-story.html
20 https://www.fastcompany.com/3048780/an-affordable-smart-tractor-for-african-farmers-andtheir-tiny-farms
21 https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2018/04/18/30-most-promising-youngentrepreneurs-in-africa-2018/#14e009377474
22 https://www.harvestplus.org
D. Donnan
• Nicaragua: The 22 vegetable farmers making up the Tomatoya-Chaguite Grande
co-operative worked with TechnoServe to improve access to markets for their
vegetables and sell directly to supermarket chains.
18
They introduced drip irrigation and staggered their plantings to increase the number of harvests per year.
• USA: Robert Egger founded the DC Central Kitchen and L.A. Kitchens as culinary teaching, waste food reclamation, and feeding centers for low-income citizens. The combination allows L.A. Kitchens to train low-income people in
kitchen skills often while using wasted and discarded foods. Working with nonprofit AARP and the Los Angeles City, L.A. Kitchens has flourished under the
“buy local” program for several retailers.
19
• Vietnam: Metro Cash & Carry works with local vegetable farmers to improve
farm yields and employ better agricultural management including crop rotation
and improved fertilizer management. The result is improved quality and food
safety for the retailer and improved income for the farmer.
• Nigeria and Kenya: Hello Tractor is working with over 22,000 farmers, giving
them access to low-cost farm equipment rentals using smartphones to access and
rent out equipment. Considered the Uber of farming tractors, the smartphone
application connects supply and demand. The app lets tractor owners find other
farmers in need and rent out their equipment economically.
20
• West Africa: Easy Solar is a for-profit enterprise with a social mission of making
clean energy affordable to off-grid communities in West Africa. It finances easyto- use, high-quality solar devices to farmers not serviced by the existing electrical
grid. Since launching in 2016, Easy Solar has provided electricity to over 40,000
people.
21
• Bangladesh: HarvestPlus is an international NGO focused on biofortification of
crops to fight global malnutrition. Most Bangladeshis eat rice, but childhood zinc
deficiency and its associated stunting affect 40% of the children. PRAN, a food
distribution company, worked with HarvestPlus to supply zinc-fortified rice to
farmers and then bought the harvested rice through their distribution system.
Over 120,000 participating farmers were able to grow a profitable crop and
reduce malnutrition.
22
• India/Africa: Digital Green is a unique partnership among technology companies
(Oracle, Google, Microsoft), governments (India and Ethiopia), and NGOs (Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID). Smallholder farmers are given access to
data capture and analytics to improve the overall yields and quality from their
farms. Digital Green brings technology startups together with practical imple18 https://www.weforum.org/reports/realizing-new-vision-agriculture-roadmap-stakeholders
19 https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-la-kitchen-food-waste-20150817-story.html
20 https://www.fastcompany.com/3048780/an-affordable-smart-tractor-for-african-farmers-andtheir-tiny-farms
21 https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2018/04/18/30-most-promising-youngentrepreneurs-in-africa-2018/#14e009377474
22 https://www.harvestplus.org
D. Donnan