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Walmart Foundation Offers $4.5 Million Grant To Improve Farmers’ Livelihood in India

Walmart Foundation has announced to spend an amount of $4.5 million (USD) on NGOs- Tanager and PRADAN in-order to help and improve the livelihoods of Indian farmers. The grants be spent on increasing opportunities for the women farmers via 'Farmers Producer Organisations'. Tanager will invest on 'Farmer Market Readiness' program in Andhra Pradesh, while PRADAN will focus on Women livelihood enhancement in West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 - 12:49 PM / by Nitesh Kumar Singh

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