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Elite Business

Pastoral is proud to have been announced by EB as one of the top 100 SME businesses in the UK.

Pastoral founders Josh Thomas and Shea McManigal at a farm

BDaily News

Agricultural tech entrepreneurs set out to 'change the lives' of low income farmers. Co-designed and incubated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Pastoral provides an effective solution to the environmentally disruptive farming practices in low-and-middle-income countries.

Pastoral founder Josh Thomas and farmer partner Abduvali Holteraev hold a UN flag

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Pastoral has won the inaugural Entrepreneur’s Award in Social Innovation (EASI), dedicated to rewarding entrepreneurs’ efforts towards solving social or environmental issues.

An image of the UNDP report on the Cultivate AgTech Innovation Incubator

UNDP Innovation

Cultiv@te, UNDP’s first global innovation incubator for sustainable agriculture, was launched in 2019 with the realisation that meaningful transformation of agri-food systems will require developing countries to have access to knowledge, technology, and resources to foster innovation locally.

An image of the Pastoral precision livestock farming team in Uzbekistan

UNDP Uzbekistan

Pastoral, winner of the UNDP’s global Cultiv@ate initiative has visited Uzbekistan, exploring potential digital solutions for climate and land degradation.

An award won by the Pastoral team by the UNDP for precision livestock farming and agtech

UNDP Innovation

Cultiv@te finalists announced