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Women driving food systems transformation

In the world of entrepreneurship, we see the field still dominated primarily by men. Encouraging more women to jump into building a business that can have lasting impact is however not just about equity and balance. At Rootical, building a systemic venture is about bringing together diverse viewpoints, embedding principles of care and balancing feminine and masculine energy.

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A start-up studio to change the food system

For those of us that care about building good businesses – enterprises that put social and ecological impact first – looking at the start-up studio model makes a lot of sense. Yet, when spearheading this approach in an emerging economy like Uganda, some key questions…

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Regenerating agriculture in Uganda

In a world of imminent climate change, dramatically rising inequality and strongly degraded soils and water resources, the decision to venture into agriculture is not an easy one. Not only is it a technical choice, but it is also a political and ideological one.

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#AAEC2022: More funding for Agroecological entrepreneurship

Since early 2021, Root!cal and Shona have been building their position as a Business Development Support (BDS) provider in the agroecological space in East Africa. We have been doing so by focusing on three different yet complementary agri-business development approaches with a strongly regenerative mindset.

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