Anushka Ratnayake
Founder of myAgro | Transforming Rural Agriculture and Poverty Solutions
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Corporate consultant turned social innovator Anushka Ratnayake discovered a powerful solution to rural poverty through agricultural empowerment. As founder and CEO of myAgro, she pioneered a breakthrough financial model enabling smallholder farmers to invest strategically in their own agricultural success.
Her systems have directly supported thousands of farmers, creating pathways out of economic vulnerability through entrepreneurial agricultural techniques. By reimagining traditional development approaches, Ratnayake demonstrates how targeted financial tools and agricultural innovation can fundamentally transform rural economic opportunities.
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A transparent, easy way for smallholder farmers to save
A safe space to save money is life-changing -- especially for the 60 million smallholder farmers in West Africa (the majority being women) who often live on less than two dollars a day. Poverty fighter Anushka Ratnayake introduces her nonprofit myAgro, which offers farmers a place to save small amounts of money and allows them to access those funds as they need them. Over the next five years, myAgro plans to reach a million farmers in West Africa, providing a stress-free, transparent and convenient system that empowers agricultural entrepreneurs by putting the purchasing power it takes to run a successful farm in their hands. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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