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This article is largely excerpted from a post published by our partner, Fledge at his blog here. After hundreds upon hundreds of applications reviewed by The Land Accelerator and Fledge, there are a series of common patterns that lead to rejections, no doubt frustrating the applicants, and similarly frustrating the screeners. 1. Team, lack thereof The number one criteria that we seek out is a...

Testimonials from our Africa alumni Testimonials from our South Asian alumni are below! Testimonial from VP Sharma of Gratitude Farms, who joined us for the 2020 Land Accelerator for South Asia. Testimonial from Shahnaz Sheikh, Co-Founder of AI-GENIX, who participated in the 2020 Land Accelerator for South Asia. Jestin Pauls from Aadhimalai Miller Rajendran from SenzAgro putting in a good word...

By Sofia Faruqi and Will Anderson | World Resources InstituteOriginally published by One Tree Planted How do we simultaneously fight climate change and improve food security? Is there a way for us to protect wildlife while creating jobs? What about better air and water quality? The answer: landscape restoration. Restoring degraded land by growing trees in forests and on farms not only...

This webinar focused on explaining how impact entrepreneurs can leverage their strengths to find appropriate financing. Check out the recording of the webinar below: The webinar featured Moses Kimani of Lentera Africa, alumni from the Land Accelerator Africa 2018, who discusses his experiences and lessons with raising funds, his recent new focus to his business, as well as his experience with the...

WRI hosted the inaugural webinar targeting environmental and business issues for Land Restoration entrepreneurs. Dr. Moushumi Chaudhury presented practical best practices that companies everywhere can use to ensure they are prepared to face climate change and extreme weather events that are striking our planet more and more as time goes on. You may watch the recording of the webinar below to...