Tagani

Tagani Inc., commonly known as Tagani, was a Philippine agricultural startup company founded by Kevin Cuevas in 2016.[1] Its services included e-commerce for farm produce, e-learning for agribusiness, and digital farm management software services.[2] The company was headquartered at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City, Philippines.

Tagani Inc.
FormerlyAmiga Philippines, Tagani.ph
TypeStartup company
IndustryTechnology
Digital Agriculture
FoundedOctober 6, 2016 (2016-10-06)
FoundersKevin Cuevas
Yvonne Manalo
HeadquartersAsian Institute of Management,
Makati
,
Philippines
Key people
Keb Cuevas (Chief Agriculturist & CEO)
Websitetagani.org
Not to be confused with Tagalog deity Tag-ani.

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 Founding President & CEO's appointment at the National Economic and Development Authority.

History

It started as the college project Amiga Philippines in 2016 which taught women farmers a simplified version of accounting translated in the Filipino language.[4] In 2017, it won the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards under the Livelihood and Entrepreneurship category.[5]

It later evolved into the corporation Tagani Inc., doing business as Tagani.ph, in August 2018[6] and represented the Philippines at the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[7][8] The company also participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative program of Brown University during the same year.[9]

See also

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. "UPLB students teach housewives how to do business". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  5. "TAYO 14 Magazine". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  6. "The Tagani Story: From college project to agri-tech startup". Tagani. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  7. Dano, Abigail (2019-01-08). "Agricultural startups gather in Vietnam to witness hi-tech innovations". Daily news from agriculture. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  8. Staff, CIO Asia (2018-12-17). "Startups gather in HCMC to share hi-tech agricultural models". CIO. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  9. YSEALI Brown 2018 Yearbook (PDF). Rhode Island, USA: Brown University. November 2018.
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