Rural Returns
Rural Returns increases rural communities' incomes by helping them identify and develop their comparative advantages
| Startup type: | Social Enterprise |
| Status: | Active |
| Stage: | Beta |
| Publicity: | Stealth mode. No media please. |
| Funding: | Self-funded |
| Industries: | Food and Drink, Health, Lifestyle, Retail |
| Location: | Sri Lanka |
| Website: | http://www.ruralreturns.org |
OUR NEWS
Current status
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Having our rice & eating it: @BillGates: we must boost agricultural productivity while also improving sustainability http://ow.ly/361vi1 year ago |
Long ago
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08 November 2010
Rural Returns twittered 7 times, here's their latest:
Having our rice & eating it: @BillGates: we must boost agricultural productivity while also improving sustainability http://ow.ly/361vi |
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05 August 2009
Rural Returns now has 5 followers!
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16 March 2009
Rural Returns says: Rural Returns is a semi finalist on the BASES Social-E Challenge! |
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16 March 2009
Rural Returns updated their description and updated their logo |
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18 February 2009
Chari Ratwatte joined the team. |
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Working on social start-up. MBA from Stanford University, BSc Information Systems from Manchester Metropolitan University
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18 February 2009
Chari Ratwatte created the startup |
ABOUT US
Rural Returns is working with the biggest segment of rural poor in Sri Lanka - smallholder rice farmers - to increase their incomes by growing high-value, differentiated endemic heirloom grains
THINGS WE NEED
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Team (2)
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Chari Ratwatte
Working on social start-up. MBA from Stanford University, BSc Information Systems from Manchester Metropolitan University
Followers (7)
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Jason Shah
INeedAPencil.com Founder. Harvard undergrad.
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Steve Teffenhardt
American, 43. CMO (Chief Motivational Officer and CEO) Pure Moxie, LLC, Business Incubator. Goals #1 Create the best possible team, #2 Motivate, #3 Delegate. Leader and Motivator, and jet pilot in a previous lifestyle..