Tagani

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Tagani Inc.
FormerlyAmiga Philippines, Tagani.ph
Company type Startup company
Industry Technology
Digital Agriculture
FoundedOctober 6, 2016;8 years ago (2016-10-06)
Founders
Headquarters Asian Institute of Management,
Makati
,
Philippines
Key people
 Keb Cuevas (Chief Agriculturist & CEO)
Owner Keb Cuevas
Website tagani.org

Tagani Inc., commonly known as Tagani, was a Philippine agricultural startup company founded by Keb Cuevas in 2016. [1] It was most notable for e-commerce platform for farm produce. Tagani also developed services such as e-learning for agribusiness and its proprietary digital farm management software platform. [2] The company was headquartered at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City, Philippines.

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The name Tagani is derived from the Tagalog 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 in Asia Pacific representing the Philippines. [3] As of August 2021, the company has permanently ceased operations following its Founder and CEO's appointment at the National Economic and Development Authority.

History

Tagani began as a college project of Keb Cuevas as Amiga Philippines [4] under Enactus UPLB in 2016. The initiative aimed at teaching women farmers a simplified version of accounting translated in the Filipino language, to improve financial literacy in rural communities. [5]

In 2017, it gained national recognition when it won the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards under the Livelihood and Entrepreneurship category. [6] Following this success, the project evolved into Tagani Inc., a formal corporation, in August 2018 [7] and represented the Philippines at the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [8] [9] The company also participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative program of Brown University during the same year. [10]

Transitioning from a project to a profit-driven organization, Tagani developed from using a basic paper-based accounting system to a more advanced Tagani farm management system (FMS). This system was co-developed with Tanibox, an Indonesia-based non-profit organization. In a significant partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Tagani integrated e-commerce capabilities into its platform, facilitating connections between farmers and local markets through an API linked to the Tagani FMS.

Despite these advancements, the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in the Philippines, coupled with a lack of further funding, impeded the continued development of the Tagani FMS. This setback ultimately led to the discontinuation of the organization's operations in August 2021.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Tagani Story: From college project to agri-tech startup". Tagani. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  2. ↑ "About Tagani - Digital Agribusiness Platform". Tagani. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  3. ↑ Menur, Anisa. "These agritech startups might be the next big thing in the Philippines". e27. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Keb Cuevas | Expert ASEAN Analyst - Amiga Philippines". www.kebcuevas.com. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  5. ↑ "UPLB students teach housewives how to do business". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  6. ↑ "TAYO 14 Magazine". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  7. ↑ "The Tagani Story: From college project to agri-tech startup". Tagani. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  8. ↑ Dano, Abigail (2019-01-08). "Agricultural startups gather in Vietnam to witness hi-tech innovations". Daily news from agriculture. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  9. ↑ Staff, CIO Asia (2018-12-17). "Startups gather in HCMC to share hi-tech agricultural models". CIO. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  10. ↑ YSEALI Brown 2018 Yearbook (PDF). Rhode Island, US: Brown University. November 2018.
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