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John Deere program helps Nigerian farmers succeed during ‘hunger season’
Rayuwa farmer Rahila Sama’ila (John Deere photo)
Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer is being recognized for the success of its farming education program in Nigeria.
Quad Cities-based John Deere partnered with a non-profit and local farmers on the Rayuwa project last year, which aims to teach Nigerian farmers better agricultural techniques.
Out of more than four-thousand applicants, Fast Company magazine has named Deere the winner of its 2021 award for World Changing Ideas, which stunned Nate Clark, president of the John Deere Foundation.
“We’re still pinching ourselves about it,” Clark says. “It’s powerful confirmation that when people look at opportunities or activities that can change the world, that they realize that farmers play an important part in making the world a better place.”
Rise United aims to increase equity in education, healthcare and income in the Quad Cities. Author: Andrea Flores Updated: 6:19 PM CDT May 6, 2021
United Way of the Quad Cities is putting out a call to the community to rise united, as the non-profit organization launches a new initiative. We re ready to recover, rebuild and reclaim our future, President & CEO Rene Gellerman says, We re ready to rise united.
Rise United aims to increase equity in education, healthcare and income in the Quad Cities. These priorities were determined after two years of research by the non-profit organization. When we tackle the root causes of systemic issues like these, rather than the symptoms, we lift whole neighborhoods and groups, Gellerman says.
John Deere has been named the winner of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award in the Corporate Social Responsibility Category. The award was recently
Fast Company Names John Deere a Winner of its 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards
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MOLINE, Ill., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ John Deere (NYSE: DE) believes farmers can make the world better. To recognize the company s recent work with smallholder farm families in northern Nigeria to unlock their potential to sustain themselves and those around them,
Fast Company selected John Deere as the Winner in the Corporate Social Responsibility category of the 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards.
A farmer in Rayuwa, Africa, tends to his crops. Rayuwa, which means life and livelihood in Hausa, is the name of John Deere s project with PYXERA Global that combines two interventions essential to farm family success: agricultural training to increase food security and profitability; and youth education to inspire opportunity and equity. Through its World Changing Ideas Awards,