E-commerce For Farmers, a start-up company in the Philippines, won a grant to train 24 farmer cooperatives in the use of online bulletins and text messaging to broaden market reach.

菲律宾 农民电子商务公司是一家新组建的网上销售公司，曾赢得一笔赠款，用于为24个农民合作社提供培训，使它们掌握使用网上公告和短信形式来拓宽市场覆盖面的方法。

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Moreover, once the start-up burns through that initial grant, there is little outside capital available so it must become profitable, attract an investor from outside the country, or shut down.

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