Tagani Inc., commonly known as Tagani, was a Philippine
agricultural
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startup
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company founded by Kevin Cuevas in 2016. Its services included
e-commerce
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for farm produce,
e-learning
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for
agribusiness
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy,
in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...
, and digital
farm management software services. The company was headquartered at the
Asian Institute of Management
The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is an international management school and research institution. It is one of the few business schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busine ...
in
Makati City, Philippines.
The name ''Tagani'' is derived from the
Tagalog
Tagalog may refer to:
Language
* Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines
** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language
** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language
* Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...
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
startups
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in
Asia Pacific
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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
National Economic and Development Authority
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA; fil, Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Kabuhayan at Pagpapaunlad) is an independent cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning. It is headed ...
.
History
It started as the college project Amiga Philippines in 2016 which taught women
farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...
s a simplified version of
accounting translated in the
Filipino language
Filipino (; , ) is an Austronesian language. It is the national language ( / ) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages of the country, with English. It is a standardized variety of Tagalog based on the native dialect, sp ...
. 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
ASEAN
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Young Entrepreneurs Forum in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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. The company also participated in the
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative program of
Brown University during the same year.
See also
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Digital agriculture
Digital agriculture, sometimes known as smart farming or e-agriculture, is tools that digitally collect, store, analyze, and share electronic data and/or information in agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has d ...
*
TAYO Awards
References
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External links
Official website
Philippine companies established in 2016
Agriculture in the Philippines
Agricultural organizations based in the Philippines
Companies based in Makati
Asian Institute of Management