HispanicBusiness

Impact: Thousands of babies may be impacted by the warmers currently distributed with 11 partnerships in eight countries.

Flextronics Economic Development Award

Grameen Foundation USA
Community Knowledge Worker
Uganda
Grameenfoundation.org

Problem: Small farmers often lack knowledge and information on agriculture.

Solution: Deploying trained intermediaries. Information and advice increases yields and profits.

Impact: Work with 65,000 farmers in more than 8,800 villages to increase yields and profits

Pamela C. Ronald, David Mackill, Kenong Xu
Rice Submergence Tolerance
Global
indica.ucdavis.edu

Problem: Yields of rice, the most important crop for over half of our planet, are catastrophically reduced during floods. Because rice provides up to two thirds of the diet of many people in the developing world, many who live on less than $1 day, these losses have devastating impacts on farmers and their families.

Solution: Identification of a submergence tolerance gene and precise introduction of the gene into locally adapted varieties favored by farmers using modern molecular breeding.

Impact: In 2011, a million farmers grew "Sub1 rice," with millions more expected in the next few years. Yields of "Sub1" rice are three to five folds greater than conventional varieties during floods.

Sustainable Energy Award

Eco-Fuel Africa
Africa
Ecofuelafrica.com

Problem: Clean cooking fuel is inaccessible for 30 million people in Uganda and 28 million poor farmers have no access to fertilizers.

Solution: Simple, locally made technology that can be used by local people to convert sourced farm and municipal waste into clean cooking fuel and organic fertilizers.

Impact: 6,000 families already benefiting from the technology, with 10,000 more expected to be reached by the end of 2013.

Simpa Networks
India
Simpanetworks.com

Problem: 400 million people in India, and more than 1.5 billion worldwide are without access to reliable electricity.

Solution: Simple, affordable, pay-as-you-use pricing and mobile payment for off-grid solar energy solutions.

Impact: By 2015, more than 250,000 households with access to clean energy, 6.5 megawatts of distributed solar power installed, more than 160,000 tons of CO2 displaced.

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