Category: agriculture
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Digital solutions are boosting agriculture in Kenya, but it’s time to scale up. Here’s how
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Heike Baumüller, University of Bonn and John Kieti, University of Nairobi Digital agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade. Most are services that work on mobile phones, although more advanced technologies are in use too – like satellite images, sensors,…
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With its purchase of Whole Foods, is Amazon’s goal to revolutionise food distribution?
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Isabelle Chaboud, Grenoble École de Management (GEM) On March 20, 2018, Amazon became the second most valuable company in the world, with a market capitalization exceeding $768 billion. The US retailing giant made key investments in 2017, including an offer to buy the…
