Ashoka Launches Global Search for Innovations in Farming and Rural Communities - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ashoka’s Changemakers announced today the launch of “Cultivating Innovation: Solutions for Rural Communities,” a global, online competition to seek out the most innovative solutions in farming and rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and around the world. The competition is funded as part of a grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Using the Changemakers’ open-source online platform, the competition will be open to anyone striving to stimulate rural development and agriculture.

To read the full press release, visit the Changemaker's web site.