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Rural Innovation Network
URL:
rinovations.org/
Location:
India
Project Description:
Rural Innovations Network is an innovation network for the rural world in India.
Based in Chennai, south-east coast, the RIN helps to ‘move’ products created “from� and “for� rural zones. For example, someone decides to upgrade or design a new tool for agriculture, just like a ‘rain gun’ or some kind of “stem injector�, and the networks helps him/her on it’s development, marketing studies, distribution, etc…
Points of interest:
New innovations developed this way, can reach far more people and local markets are created, manufacturing those inventions, selling them and developing new inventions.
