The DatAgro Project was honored at the NetSquared conference as the winner of the Yahoo! Green Award and as one of the five laureates of the FACT Social Justice Award. Here are the announcements from Yahoo! and the French American Charitable Trust (FACT):

The Yahoo! Green Award is back for a third year at the NetSquared Conference.  Yahoo! is committed to empowering our communities to make a positive impact on the environment, and has reviewed the project submissions included in the “Environment & Energy ” Cause Area of the NetSquared Global Project Gallery on the NetSquared Web site looking for the most innovative green technology project to receive a $5,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing award.

This year's Yahoo! Green Award goes to DatAgro because of the Project's use of mobile technologies in an innovative way to provide farmers with critical information that promotes sustainable farming and improves local livelihoods. The Yahoo! judging panel is "especially impressed with their detailed implementation plan, the partnerships they’ve already established with local organizations, and the specific information they plan to distribute."

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FACT is committed to addressing the fundamental inequalities and injustices in our society by helping develop and sustain networks of community-based groups in the U.S. and France that educate, organize, and empower people to actively participate in developing public policies that directly affect their lives.

For more information about the winners: http://www.netsquared.org/blog/amy-sample-ward/fact-social-justice-award-winners-announced-n2y4