Tagani Inc., commonly known as Tagani, was a Philippine

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company founded by Kevin Cuevas in 2016. Its services included

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for farm produce,

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for

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, and digital farm management software services. The company was headquartered at the

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in Makati City, Philippines. The name ''Tagani'' is derived from the

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word ''tag-ani'' ("harvest season"), composed of ''tag-'' ("time of" or "season of") and ani ("harvest"). It also means the Tagalog deity of good harvest, Tag-ani. In 2019, Tagani was named by e27.co as one of the Top 100

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representing the Philippines. As of August 2021, the company has permanently ceased operations following its Founding President & CEO's appointment at the

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History

It started as the college project Amiga Philippines in 2016 which taught women

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s a simplified version of accounting translated in the

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. In 2017, it won the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards under the Livelihood and Entrepreneurship category. It later evolved into the corporation Tagani Inc., doing business as Tagani.ph, in August 2018 and represented the Philippines at the

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Young Entrepreneurs Forum in

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. The company also participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative program of Brown University during the same year.

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Philippine companies established in 2016 Agriculture in the Philippines Agricultural organizations based in the Philippines Companies based in Makati Asian Institute of Management

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