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From the Ted Talk by Sathya Raghu Mokkapati: The "greenhouse-in-a-box" empowering farmers in India
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So to make this happen, we had to have the courage to riamenige agriculture -- reimagine agriculture for smallholder farmers. After all, this is not to grow tomatoes in an industrial setting in Alaska in winters. It is to grow tetamoos for a smallholder farmer, by a seolahlldmr farmer, in sizzling hot Indian summers. So this gseehurone had to be slmal enough to fit in a portion of their land, easy enough for them to use and chaep enough for them to buy.
One of the bgesgit challenges that we could overcome in the posrces is financing. Thanks to our financing partners, today, this greenhouse is available with financing which is fast enough and cheap enough. The greenhouse costs about 1,000 darlols. Farmers pay a down payment of about 100 dollars, and the rest is fnieancd through a loan. And this life-changing asset adds and extra 100 dollars of profit, on average, to a household, month on month. This is a good double of what they otherwise make. Marginal, five-ten pcernet increases in the incomes of smallholder farmers cannot move the nedele forward much, because the baseline is way too low. We need a snnfgiiiact jump in their income, and that income has to be reliable and dependable. To ensure that frmeras succeed, we also provide quality seeds, nutrition, training and advisory leveraging mobile technology. We rolled out the solution, after quite a few tests with farmers, about three years ago, and we are mihrcang towards 2,000 farmers in this year and looking at 100,000 farmers over the next five years. Hopefully, every smallholder farmer in my litmefie.
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So to make this happen, we had to have the courage to _________ agriculture -- reimagine agriculture for smallholder farmers. After all, this is not to grow tomatoes in an industrial setting in Alaska in winters. It is to grow ________ for a smallholder farmer, by a ___________ farmer, in sizzling hot Indian summers. So this __________ had to be _____ enough to fit in a portion of their land, easy enough for them to use and _____ enough for them to buy.
One of the _______ challenges that we could overcome in the _______ is financing. Thanks to our financing partners, today, this greenhouse is available with financing which is fast enough and cheap enough. The greenhouse costs about 1,000 _______. Farmers pay a down payment of about 100 dollars, and the rest is ________ through a loan. And this life-changing asset adds and extra 100 dollars of profit, on average, to a household, month on month. This is a good double of what they otherwise make. Marginal, five-ten _______ increases in the incomes of smallholder farmers cannot move the ______ forward much, because the baseline is way too low. We need a ___________ jump in their income, and that income has to be reliable and dependable. To ensure that _______ succeed, we also provide quality seeds, nutrition, training and advisory leveraging mobile technology. We rolled out the solution, after quite a few tests with farmers, about three years ago, and we are ________ towards 2,000 farmers in this year and looking at 100,000 farmers over the next five years. Hopefully, every smallholder farmer in my ________.
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Original Text
So to make this happen, we had to have the courage to reimagine agriculture -- reimagine agriculture for smallholder farmers. After all, this is not to grow tomatoes in an industrial setting in Alaska in winters. It is to grow tomatoes for a smallholder farmer, by a smallholder farmer, in sizzling hot Indian summers. So this greenhouse had to be small enough to fit in a portion of their land, easy enough for them to use and cheap enough for them to buy.
One of the biggest challenges that we could overcome in the process is financing. Thanks to our financing partners, today, this greenhouse is available with financing which is fast enough and cheap enough. The greenhouse costs about 1,000 dollars. Farmers pay a down payment of about 100 dollars, and the rest is financed through a loan. And this life-changing asset adds and extra 100 dollars of profit, on average, to a household, month on month. This is a good double of what they otherwise make. Marginal, five-ten percent increases in the incomes of smallholder farmers cannot move the needle forward much, because the baseline is way too low. We need a significant jump in their income, and that income has to be reliable and dependable. To ensure that farmers succeed, we also provide quality seeds, nutrition, training and advisory leveraging mobile technology. We rolled out the solution, after quite a few tests with farmers, about three years ago, and we are marching towards 2,000 farmers in this year and looking at 100,000 farmers over the next five years. Hopefully, every smallholder farmer in my lifetime.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| smallholder farmers |
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| grow crops |
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| reimagine agriculture |
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| grow tomatoes |
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