TED-Ed A Transparent, Easy Way for Smallholder Farmers to Save

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From: TED Talks Daily - Saturday May 07, 2022 12:01 pm
A Transparent, Easy Way for Smallholder Farmers to Save
Empowering agricultural entrepreneurs

TODAY'S TED TALK

A transparent, easy way for smallholder farmers to save

8:02 minutes · TED2022

A safe space to save money is life-changing -- especially for the 60 million smallholder farmers in West Africa (the majority being women) who often live on less than two dollars a day. Poverty fighter Anushka Ratnayake introduces her nonprofit myAgro, which offers farmers a place to save small amounts of money and allows them to access those funds as they need them. Over the next five years, myAgro plans to reach a million farmers in West Africa, providing a stress-free, transparent and convenient system that empowers agricultural entrepreneurs by putting the purchasing power it takes to run a successful farm in their hands. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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