Agriculture

Grameen Foundation Joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

Grameen Foundation Joins Better Than Cash Alliance; Pledges to Address Poverty by Shifting to Electronic Payments…

Country Diagnostic: Bangladesh (2022 edition)

Measuring progress to scale: Responsible digital payments in Bangladesh

How Digitizing Agricultural Input Payments in Rural Kenya is Tackling Poverty: The Case of One Acre Fund

This new case study features an examination of the nonprofit organization One Acre Fund (OAF) which teaches better crop management techniques and provides inputs on credit to smallholder farmers throughout East Africa.

Driving to Scale: Bim’s Journey to Digital Financial Inclusion in Peru

Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)

FAO pledges to scale up direct use of digital financial transfers

Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders

Scaling up Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan Tea Sector

This study lays the foundation for incorporating United Nations Principles for Responsible Digital Payments in the Rwandan tea sector, with the goal of increasing efficiency and improving farmers’ living incomes.

Digitization Can Improve Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers

Guide to the Use of Digital Financial Services in Agriculture

This Guidebook provides an easy-to-use tool to understand how digital finance is helping addressing some of the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and includes some interesting use cases from Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.

Grameen Foundation Joins the Alliance

Grameen Foundation became the newest member of the Better Than Cash Alliance by committing to continue transitioning to electronic payments through its mobile financial services and mobile agriculture efforts

Africa agriculture status report 2015: Youth and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Each year, 10 million young Africans enter the continent’s workforce, more than ever before. Although this highlights the great challenge of youth unemployment, it could also be a great oppo…

In Kenya, better yields and inclusive agriculture start from your mobile wallet

One of the most important tools on Everline Wakhungu’s farm is her mobile phone….

Fintech for the Water Sector

This paper explores how fintech can support expansion of market-based solutions for water, sanitation, and irrigation, identifying several use cases where fintech is already being used to address financial inclusion and access to water.

Mobile payments: How digital finance is transforming agriculture

This report is based on primary research on agriculture mobile payments initiatives in Ghana, Uganda and Zambia with the aim of understanding the potential of mobile finance for the agricultural sector and how these barriers might be overcome.

Next Steps for the Digital Revolution in Africa: Inclusive Growth and Job Creation Lessons from Kenya

This paper provides examples of how digitization in Kenya has supported the economy via a retail electronic payments system, financial inclusion, increased financial sector vibrancy, and pushed GDP growth with it.

Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor, October 2018: A New Economy in Middle East and North Africa

This report lays out the principles for a new digital economy for MENA that embraces innovation and entrepreneurship, youth and women economic empowerment, rekindling the role of State, etc.

Digital payments take farmers to land of opportunity

Saving $15.5 million by replacing cash with cards for Colombian coffee farmers

Two case studies from the Better Than Cash Alliance present innovations from Colombia’s digital payments ecosystem

Digital payments can add Tk 50,058 cr to GDP a year: Study

Rwanda’s tea sector: The Potential $8 million Savings through Responsible Digital Payments

Increasing partner loyalty through digital payments

The National Dairy Development Board digitized its payments to dairy farmers – unlocking significant business and social benefits.