Rose Goslinga
The Idea
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Poor farmers underinvest in things like improved seed and fertilizer because they cannot risk a poor return if rains come late or pests wipe out their crop – both now more common given climate change.
About Rose
Rose is an economist who returned to her African roots to protect farmers against weather shocks. While working at the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture on getting farmers seeds on credit, she realized that loans can devastate people if the season's weather didn't cooperate.
