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Digital credit scoring for farmers: Opportunities for agritech companies in Myanmar

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Tuesday 25 Feb 2020 | AgriTech | Asia and Australia | Building the financial ecosystem | Case studies | Case study | East Asia and Pacific | English | Mobile for Development | Myanmar | Presentation | Report | Research | Resource | South Asia | State of the industry and trends |

This report shares early lessons from using digital agritech data for farmer credit scoring in Myanmar. It examines the role of agritech companies in promoting farmer financial inclusion and identifies monetisation models to unlock new sources of value.

Digitising payments in agricultural value chains: The revenue opportunity to 2025

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Thursday 23 Jan 2020 | AgriTech | English | Global | Industry assets and standards | Mobile for Development | Report | Research | Resource | State of the industry and trends |

Exploring the potential revenue opportunity of digitising agricultural payments, this report examines both B2P & G2P payments as entry points for mobile money providers and how these will improve smallholder financial inclusion.

2019 #FinclusionWeek with Natalia Pshenichnaya: How does mobile money contribute to the SDGs?

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Friday 1 Nov 2019 | AgriTech | Building the financial ecosystem | English | Global | Mobile Money | Resource | Video |

We spoke to Natalia Pshenichnaya, Head of AgriTech and CleanTech at the GSMA, who told us how mobile money is helping agribusinesses and farmers by increasing transparency in the food value chain and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Webinar: Collaborating for success in the agri e-commerce sector

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Tuesday 22 Oct 2019 | AgriTech | Resource | Webinar |

The greatest part of investment in digital agriculture goes to e-commerce services linking farmers directly with customers and bypassing traditional distribution channels.

Webinar: Making the Case for Agribusinesses to Invest in Last-Mile Digitisation

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Wednesday 9 Oct 2019 | AgriTech | Webinar |

Watch the latest knowledge-sharing webinar by the GSMA AgriTech Programme. The webinar primarily targeted agribusinesses engaged in direct procurement of agricultural commodities from smallholder farmers to address the ...

Mobile technology for rural climate resilience: The role of mobile operators in bridging the data gap

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Wednesday 2 Oct 2019 | AgriTech | Report |

This report looks at the emerging opportunity to use digital and mobile technology to improve climate resilience products for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Smallholder farmers, responsible for the bulk of agricultural production in developin

Rainfall monitoring through mobile technology in Sri Lanka

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Thursday 26 Sep 2019 | AgriTech | South Asia | Video |

In 2019, the GSMA AgriTech programme, together with Wageningen University and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, piloted with Dialog Sri Lanka the use of Commercial Microwave Links (CMLs) for rainfall monitoring.

Landscaping New Opportunities for Digital Agriculture in Papua New Guinea

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Monday 23 Sep 2019 | AgriTech | Papua New Guinea | Report |

Agriculture is central to Papua New Guinean society, with 85 per cent of the population depending on it for their livelihoods. Despite positive developments driven by both government and the private sector, agribusinesses and farmers continue to confront a

AgriTech Webinar: Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains

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Thursday 4 Jul 2019 | AgriTech | Video |

In this webinar we talked through the recently launched GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains and provided some background and context as to how the Fund has been established.

Improving financial inclusion through data for smallholder farmers in Kenya

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Thursday 27 Jun 2019 | AgriTech | Kenya | Report |

This report looks at the rise of digital agriculture tools in Kenya and the use of digital farm and farmer data generated by these tools to facilitate financial inclusion.

E-commerce in agriculture: new business models for smallholders’ inclusion into the formal economy

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Wednesday 29 May 2019 | AgriTech | English | Latin America & the Caribbean | Report | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |

Selling produce through online channels enables farmers to bypass intermediaries, leading to improved income for the farmers, reduced wastage and fresher produce for customers. These benefits are particularly important in developing ...

Digitising the agricultural last mile in Ghana: MTN Mobile Money’s mAgric

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Monday 8 Apr 2019 | AgriTech | Case study | Ghana | Video |

In 2018, with the support of the GSMA Mobile for Development mAgri programme, MTN Mobile Money piloted mAgric, a mobile-based tool that enables the digitisation of the entire procurement process in the agricultural last mile. mAgric ...

Bringing efficiency to Kenya’s dairy value chain: Virtual City’s Agrimanagr

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Friday 5 Apr 2019 | AgriTech | Case study | Kenya | Video |

Agrimanagr is a digital tool created by Virtual City, a Kenyan AgTech company. The tool enables real-time visibility in the last mile of the agricultural value chain. Agrimanagr digitises the entire procurement process, benefiting both ...

mAgri Webinar: How to prioritise agricultural value chains for digital interventions

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Wednesday 3 Apr 2019 | AgriTech | Webinar |

Watch the latest knowledge-sharing webinar from the GSMA mAgri programme. In this webinar, we presented the step-by-step approach described in our recently published GSMA

AgriTech Innovation Unlocks Economic Identities for Smallholder Farmers in Indonesia

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Thursday 28 Mar 2019 | AgriTech | Indonesia | Report |

The use of digital technologies in the last mile of agricultural value chains has the potential to address various pain points crop buyers experience when sourcing from smallholder farmers. For example, lack of transparency in the ...

Grameenphone Krishi Sheba

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Monday 31 Jul 2017 | AgriTech |

Grameenphone Bangladesh scale voice-driven agricultural information service GP Krishi Sheba with a traditional value-added service marketing campaign.

Vodafone Ghana Farmer’s Club

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Monday 31 Jul 2017 | AgriTech |

Vodafone Ghana make over 100,000 new network acquisitions through their dedicated Farmer's Club SIM with voice-driven content service and call bundle.

Telenor Pakistan Khushaal Zamindar

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Monday 31 Jul 2017 | AgriTech |

Telenor Pakistan's voice-based agricultural service, Khushaal Zamindar, goes viral.

Ooredoo Myanmar Site Pyo

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Monday 31 Jul 2017 | AgriTech |

Ooredoo Myanmar's agricultural smartphone app, Site Pyo, supports smallholders suffering the effects of climate change.

Airtel Malawi M’chikumbe 212

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Monday 31 Jul 2017 | AgriTech |

Airtel Malawi's voice and text-based content service, M'chikumbe, enhances stretched government agricultural extension network.