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Bridging the “Grant Canyon”
I met Paul Voutier in Singapore about a year ago; within 10 minutes of information and idea exchanges, we instantly agreed upon the idea...
Aug 7, 20193 min read
Meet Grow PNG's Executive Director, Ivan Pomaleu
We are delighted to welcome Ivan Pomaleu as Executive Director of Grow PNG, Grow Asia’s newly launched Country Partnership for Papua New...
Aug 1, 20193 min read
Agriculture drone landscape and adoption in South East Asia
In the second Grow Asia Digital Learning Series Workshop we brought together 100 industry stakeholders (including 50 joining by webcam...
Jun 28, 20192 min read
Human-Centered Design Immersion Training
There are some 100 million small farms in ASEAN. When we imagine what it would be like to make a living from a single acre of corn, rice...
Apr 22, 20192 min read
Tech’s potential lies downstream for South-east Asia’s small farms
When we imagine the farm of the future, it is exciting to picture a drone hovering over each plant carefully spraying chemicals on just...
Apr 12, 20193 min read
Learnings from the Grow Asia Country Partnership Secretariat Workshop
On 28 January – 1 February 2019, I had the privilege to again be part of the annual Grow Asia Secretariat Workshop that was held in...
Mar 15, 20193 min read
Insights from The Digital Directory
Over the past six months, I have worked with Grow Asia to interview and profile more than 60 businesses who are using technology to...
Mar 14, 20193 min read
The need for a paradigm shift to scale the impact of research
There is significant agricultural research being led and conducted in ASEAN. However, it is difficult for private sector actors to...
Feb 14, 20194 min read
The ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Author(s) : Grow Asia, The Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC), World Bank Trust Fund and International Institute for...
Oct 2, 20181 min read
ASEAN Roadmap for enhancing the role of agriculture cooperative in Agricultural global value chain 2018-2025
Author(s) : AFOSP Organization(s): ASEAN Foundation Date of Publication: Oct 2018 ASEAN Roadmap for enhancing the role of agriculture...
Oct 1, 20181 min read
Developing markets for Palm and Coconut Sugar in Southeast Asia
On 19th July, Grow Asia conducted a webinar to discuss learnings from the first comprehensive South East Asia study of the Palm and...
Sep 7, 20184 min read
Understanding the potential of digital applications for rice farmers in Indonesia
Digital platforms have the potential of supporting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers by improving their access to free, targeted,...
Aug 23, 20183 min read
Contract Farming: Challenges and Opportunities
Over the last century a wide range of pre-harvest agreements that can, in one way or another, be termed contract farming have been...
Aug 14, 20182 min read
Report: Creating Opportunities for Women in Agriculture
SINGAPORE – The agriculture sector is particularly promising for increased investment in women. Farmers – the most numerous and invested...
Jun 25, 20183 min read
Promoting Socially Responsible Investments in Agriculture
BANGKOK, THAILAND – I recently attended the 2nd Regional Land Forum, organised by the Mekong Region Land Governance group, where...
Jun 7, 20183 min read
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