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Mobile phones fight disease and poverty – An interview with Whitney Gantt

Mobile phones fight disease and poverty – An interview with Whitney Gantt
At the beginning of this year, three different banana diseases were attacking East Africa, devastating farms around the region and exacerbating the prevailing food crisis. To help prevent the spread of such diseases, it is vital that smallholder farmers have access to comprehensive information about...

The Community Knowledge Workers model – A success story

The Community Knowledge Workers model – A success story
“Melinda and I believe that helping the poorest smallholder farmers grow more and get it to market is the world’s single most powerful lever for reducing hunger and poverty.” – Bill Gates. One of the five AGCommons’ Quick Win Projects, Community Level Crop Disease Surveillance,...

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