Episode 28 - AgUnity/AgriUT - Using blockchain to build financial inclusion for smallholder farmers and 'last mile' communities

In this episode we are excited to be joined by David, Antonio, and Nurvitria from AgUnity and AgriUt.  We discuss how blockchain can build greater financial inclusion in last mile communities and support smallholder farmers.

David Davies is the founder and CEO of AgUnity and two other successful startups. David brings with him more than 10 year in senior roles in global investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Lehman Bros, and Standard Chartered. 

Antonio Grasso is an Italian blockchain influencer who has recently joined the AgriUT team as an Advisor. As Founder and CEO of Italian startup Digital Business Innovation Srl, Antonio is regarded as one of the top digital transformation influencers and researchers on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, blockchain, and sustainability.

Nurvitria is AgUnity’s Program Director with more than 15 years of experience consulting for international development agencies and NGO’s for large scale projects.

About AgUnity and AgriUT

AgUnity is a global technology platform empowers thousands of organizations working toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals to connect with ‘the last mile’ farmers and communities. This customised smartphone & OS solution serves as a technological ecosystem; providing the people living and working with remote food supply chains with practical, accessible tools to connect, establish effective lines of communication and ensure an ethical, accountable means of trade. In 2021, the AgUnity team created AgriUT Foundation as an independent charitable entity to complement the AgUnity smartphone platform for smallholder farmers.

Follow AgUnity/AgriUT and learn more!

Guests

Twitter - Antonio Grasso

Twitter - David Davies

AgUnity/AgriUT

Twitter - AgUnity

Twitter - AgriUT

Website - AgUnity

Website - AgriUT

Go on the Agriwards platform and support a smallholder farmer today: https://bit.ly/AgriUTGift

Episode Time Stamps

02:25: What was your “Ah hah” moment that got you interested in cryptocurrency and web3?

14:10 - Give me an overview of AgUnity and your mission

18:55 - Tell me about the AgriUT token, and how it supports AgUnity?

23:35 - Antonio, Tell me about how you came to be an advisor for AgriUT?

28:00 - On your website, you share how 1.7 billion people are unbanked, and that ‘last mile’ communities lack the basic tools for financial inclusion. How does AgUnity and AgriUT aim to address this?

31:10 - What are some of the challenges that smallholder farmers in rural and remote regions face, and how will AgUnity and AgriUT help them?

36:00 - What have been some of the impacts of AgUnity and AgriUT so far?

40:05 - What is the long-term vision for AgUnity?

43:00 - What is the long-term vision for AgriUT?

46:10 - What’s the best way for listeners to learn more about your AgUnity and AgriUT

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