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FarmFolks have created a software that helps farmers with critical knowledge throughout the crop cycle, from the time the soil is prepared...

Practical Action, alongside partners Hystra and BoP Innovation Center, launched on November 21st the Global Distributors Collective (GDC), which aims to help...

Superbug infections could cost the lives of around 2.4 million people in Europe, North America and Australia over the next 30 years...

In order to meet its goal to use 100% organic cotton by 2025, global Luxury group Kering recognized that full awareness of...

2017 Vera Fellowship Vera Fellows are full-time employees of the company and have the title of Associate Consultant. As a Fellow, you’ll...

An article on the state of unorganized agriculture in India makes a case for building out a more robust food retail supply...

Founded in 2007, Educate Girls (EG) is a non-governmental organization that holistically tackles issues at the root of gender inequality in India’s...

Mobile-phone maker Nokia has major plans to further target the base of the pyramid market in India by creating mobile phones for...

The Reserve Bank of India released the draft bill for the microfinance sector: Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011, which...

An organic farming conference is to be held at the end of June in Bihar, India. The conference will bring together 60...

Amit Bhatia and his organization, Aspire, which trains rural and disadvantaged Indian high school and college students in English, technology, and problem-solving...

In a Wall Street Journal blog, Anurag Behar, explores the complex connection between rural Indians and their land within the context of...

The livelihoods of Indians dependent on forests for survival are being threatened as the government considers the approval of the construction of...

The Water Credit initiative has recently been launched in India to provide individuals and communities with small loans for water connectivity. The...

Indian mobile-phone company, Bharti-Airtel, has projected rapid growth in sales of its satellite TVs in rural India. It hopes to leverage its...

An example of the growth in the Fair Trade movement can be seen in the work of Sevya, a U.S. organization that...

A Forbes article discusses how Jaipur Foot, a non-profit social enterprise that provides artificial limbs to physically challenged people living below the...

Financial services player India Infoline interviews Hina Shah, the founder of the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD).The ICECD offers...

India’s poor are finding easier access to home loans but there is some concern that this trend echos the sub-prome crisis that...

The Craftsvilla Artisan Fund has been launched by Craftsvilla.com, an online store, to support Indian artisans in obtaining an education, becoming entrepreneurs,...

Ratan Tata, the Chairman of India’s Tata Group, has tied up with Daniel Nocera, a MIT Professor to commercialize a potential technology...

Aravind Eye Care Systems in India has been sighted as an important example of “reverse innovation” in which products and service innovations...

Hindustan Unilever Executive Director for Sales and Customer Development, Hemant Bakshi, outlines his thoughts on Indian’s growing rural market and the numerous...

A 2011 TED Fellow and technology specialist, Sumit Dagar, is looking at ways to bring better technology to low-income Indians. Travelling through...

Despite the controversy surrounding the Indian microfinance industry, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $30 million into microfinance institution (MFI) Bandhan....

With 70% of the Indian population living in rural areas and contributing to 30-60% of consumer goods, the country is leveraging a...