The Walmart Foundation will provide $4.8m in grants to development organization Digital Green and non-profit TechnoServe to help small farmers in India access agricultural technology, training on sustainable farming, and formal markets. The $1.3m grant for Digital Green will help with the creation of digital data platform “Farmstack”. These grants are a part of the Walmart Foundation’s commitment made in September 2018 to contribute $25 million (approximately Rs 180 crore) over the next five years to improve farmer livelihoods in India. In addition, the foundation is providing a further $700,000 towards the establishment of an online farm portal called AgroHub. Walmart India also announced that it would increase its direct sourcing from farmers to 25% of produce sold in its Cash & Carry stores by 2023.
The Walmart Foundation will provide $4.8m in grants to development organization Digital Green and non-profit TechnoServe to help small farmers in India access agricultural technology, training on sustainable farming, and formal markets. The $1.3m grant for Digital Green will help with the creation of digital data platform “Farmstack”. In addition, the foundation is providing a further $700,000 towards the establishment of an online farm portal called AgroHub. Walmart India also announced that it would increase its direct sourcing from farmers to 25% of produce sold in its Cash & Carry stores by 2023.