Debbie Aung Din Taylor at 2018 Skoll World Forum
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Debbie is Co-founder of Proximity Designs, a social business delivering affordable and innovative products for smallholder farms. Proximity designs and delivers innovative and profitable low-carbon farming products and services that help farmers restore fragile soils, protect crops from pest and disease, save irrigation water and grow food in more productive and sustainable ways. Products and services support farmers to transition to regenerative farming practices, while boosting farm incomes by approximately USD 250 annually. Since 2004, Proximity’s products and services have spanned over 10,000 villages in Myanmar, enabling over 5 million people to grow their farm enterprises and afford food, healthcare and education for their families. Aung Din has engaged in design and economic research in Myanmar for over two decades. She is a founding member of the Climate Action for Smallholders (CASH) Coalition.
