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food system in the future . In this area Illinois-based Deere uses technology to reduce pesticide and fertiliser use . Fox explains : “ It ’ s helping the system to improve through precision agriculture tools . John Deere machines are equipped with cameras and sensors and use machine learning to spot what ’ s crop and what ’ s weed . It means they can reduce herbicide and pesticide use by up to 80 per cent . It ’ s helping farmers improve yields while reducing consumption of these harmful products .”
Financial inclusion Helping the financially excluded is important because at least half the population of many emerging markets lacks access to financial services . Indonesia ’ s Bank Rakyat provides microfinance – small loans , low-deposit savings accounts , low-premium insurance – to the
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