Meet our new Innovation Manager, Wei-Li Woo
Welcome to the team Wei-Li! Can you tell us a little about your experience, particularly in the agriculture and AgriTech space? My most...
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- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
A “Confessional” on Promoting Sustainable & Inclusive Value Chains
By: Grahame Dixie (Executive Director, Grow Asia) and Rob Hitchins (Director, Springfield Centre) A range of models have been trialed in...
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Mainstreaming Gender in Agriculture and Food Systems in Southeast Asia
There is significant opportunity to drive economic growth in rural economies through women’s increased participation along agriculture...
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Shifting Investments Toward the Smallholder Farmer
Digital technologies are set to positively transform the highly fragmented landscape of smallholder farming in ASEAN. Tools for finance,...
- Jul 23, 2020
- 4 min
The Power of Influencers
Marketers across the globe have been looking to Asia, and specifically Southeast Asia, as a dynamic region ripe with innovation that is...
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
Meet our Philippine Partnerships' New Country Director, Amy Melissa Chua
We are delighted to welcome Amy Melissa Chua as the new Country Director of the Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture...
- Jul 8, 2020
- 5 min
Empowering Women in Agriculture through Responsible Investing: Perspectives from Asia
Women in Agribusiness Asia (WOMAG) recently partnered with Grow Asia and the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct in a webinar on...
- May 14, 2020
- 6 min
Reflecting on 40 Years of Learnings
Someone once advised me never to let a crisis go to waste. As such, though these are incredibly challenging and uncertain times I am...
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Driving AgriTech Adoption: Insights from Southeast Asia's Farmers
A wide range of digital tools might prove helpful to smallholder farmers. In theory, anything from online trading to AI imaging could add...
- Feb 24, 2020
- 6 min
Investing in Innovation: Food, Agriculture and Forestry in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is a leading agricultural exporter, placing it at the fulcrum of the global food system. It is responsible for 85 percent...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 3 min
Mars: Supporting Indonesia’s Smallholders Through Applied Research
As the demand for the raw material in the region has surpassed local growers’ ability to supply cocoa beans, Southeast Asia’s cacao...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 3 min
Navigating Partnerships Between Research and Industry
With over 100 key universities and institutions in ASEAN, there is a lot of value in agriculture research that is yet to be unlocked in...
- Dec 17, 2019
- 2 min
2019 Secretariat Workshop: Reflections from the MAN Team
The 2019 Grow Asia Country Partnerships Workshop held last month in Singapore was an eye-opener for the Myanmar Agriculture Network (MAN)...
- Dec 12, 2019
- 2 min
A year in review
In the interests of clarity, we generally divide Grow Asia’s activities into two work streams: Track One, where the focus is on the...
- Dec 12, 2019
- 2 min
Multi-stakeholder partnerships and the opportunities for positive social change
Why is it that multi-sector partnerships – collaboration across business, government and the social sector – offer such an opportunity...
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
The Fall Armyworm (FAW) and its Control in ASEAN
Grow Asia was invited by the ASEAN Secretariat to present the case for a regional approach to managing the Fall Armyworm (FAW), a pest...
- Nov 18, 2019
- 2 min
Takeaways from the Sustainable Development Impact Summit (September 23-26th, New York)
The Sustainable Development Impact Summit had two important roles. Firstly, to facilitate a conversation on what are the new ideas,...
- Sep 27, 2019
- 3 min
Networking And Partnerships For Sustainable Agriculture
In January 2019, we met Ruel Amparo, founder and CEO of Cropital at a start-up technology fair in Unilever Singapore. We got to know his...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
Accelerating the growth of agritech startups in ASEAN
Together with MUFG and Yara, Grow Asia just completed the first cohort of the Digital ASEAN Program, a program designed to accelerate the...
- Aug 7, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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