Debbie is Co-founder of Proximity Designs, a social business delivering affordable and innovative products for smallholder farms. Aung Din has engaged in design and economic research in Myanmar. She lived and worked in Mississippi, Cambodia and Indonesia, and holds a MA from Harvard University in public policy and development economics. She received social entrepreneurship awards from the Schwab Foundation (World Economic Forum) and the Skoll Foundation. Proximity designs and delivers new and critical low-carbon farm products and services that help farmers restore fragile soils, protect crops from pest and disease, save irrigation water and grow food in more productive and sustainable ways. Products and services support regenerative farming while boosting farm incomes by USD 250 annually. Since 2004, its services have spanned over 10,000 villages in Myanmar, enabling 5 million people to grow their farm enterprises and afford food, healthcare and education for their families.
Economic OpportunityEnvironmental SustainabilityFinancial ServicesLivelihoodsSmallholder ProductivitySustainable Markets
Southeast Asia
