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venture. As the initiative grows and replicates, a second round of financing is often
needing to help capitalize the expansion. In both technology and agriculture startups, the same finance and business planning approach is used to inject capital at
various stages of development to help progress the initiative and ensure suitable
management. This is a longer-term endeavor and requires a multiyear commitment
of time and resources.
7.7 Final Remarks
With the evolution of CSR initiatives, coupled with the growth of agricultural startups and venture funds, the role of agriculture and hunger relief has dramatically
changed in the last several decades. A new focus on sustainable growth, capabilities
development, and innovative approaches for smallholder farmers has created an
environment of continuous innovation that has replaced many of the donation-based
hunger relief initiatives of the past. In the next decade, we should see more socially
minded entrepreneurs that will work with NGOs and private businesses to solve the
issues of smallholder farming and provide the opportunity to introduce both digital
and agricultural innovation at the local level to further the quest to feed the world.
References
Cohen MR (2005) Introduction: poverty and charity in past times. J Interdiscip Hist 35(3):347–360
Diamond J (1998) Guns, germs and steel: a short history of everbody for the last 13000 years.
W. W. Norton and Co. New York, USA. Press. Press. 592 p
FAO (2016) Public–private partnerships for agribusiness development – a review of international experiences, by Rankin, M., Gálvez Nogales, E., Santacoloma, P., Mhlanga, N &
Rizzo, C. Rome
FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO (2018) The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the
World 2018. Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition. Rome
Harari Y (2015) Sapiens: a brief history of humankind. Random House Press, New York. 512 p
IOM (Institute of Medicine) (2012) Building public–private partnerships in food and nutrition:
workshop summary. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C
Kaplan K, Serafeim G, Tugendhat E (2018) Inclusive growth: profitable strategies for tackling
poverty and inequality. Harvard Business Review. pp 365–371
Smallholders who enrolled in the program gained an incremental yield of
57% and a net income 2.7 times higher than the base. BLF aims to partner
with 1,767 farmers through 2018, continuing to find ways to increase the agricultural inputs and provide finance for their growth.
Source: https://www.betterlifefarming.com/
(continued)
D. Donnan
venture. As the initiative grows and replicates, a second round of financing is often
needing to help capitalize the expansion. In both technology and agriculture startups, the same finance and business planning approach is used to inject capital at
various stages of development to help progress the initiative and ensure suitable
management. This is a longer-term endeavor and requires a multiyear commitment
of time and resources.
7.7 Final Remarks
With the evolution of CSR initiatives, coupled with the growth of agricultural startups and venture funds, the role of agriculture and hunger relief has dramatically
changed in the last several decades. A new focus on sustainable growth, capabilities
development, and innovative approaches for smallholder farmers has created an
environment of continuous innovation that has replaced many of the donation-based
hunger relief initiatives of the past. In the next decade, we should see more socially
minded entrepreneurs that will work with NGOs and private businesses to solve the
issues of smallholder farming and provide the opportunity to introduce both digital
and agricultural innovation at the local level to further the quest to feed the world.
References
Cohen MR (2005) Introduction: poverty and charity in past times. J Interdiscip Hist 35(3):347–360
Diamond J (1998) Guns, germs and steel: a short history of everbody for the last 13000 years.
W. W. Norton and Co. New York, USA. Press. Press. 592 p
FAO (2016) Public–private partnerships for agribusiness development – a review of international experiences, by Rankin, M., Gálvez Nogales, E., Santacoloma, P., Mhlanga, N &
Rizzo, C. Rome
FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO (2018) The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the
World 2018. Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition. Rome
Harari Y (2015) Sapiens: a brief history of humankind. Random House Press, New York. 512 p
IOM (Institute of Medicine) (2012) Building public–private partnerships in food and nutrition:
workshop summary. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C
Kaplan K, Serafeim G, Tugendhat E (2018) Inclusive growth: profitable strategies for tackling
poverty and inequality. Harvard Business Review. pp 365–371
Smallholders who enrolled in the program gained an incremental yield of
57% and a net income 2.7 times higher than the base. BLF aims to partner
with 1,767 farmers through 2018, continuing to find ways to increase the agricultural inputs and provide finance for their growth.
Source: https://www.betterlifefarming.com/
(continued)
D. Donnan