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From Subsistence to Entrepreneurship: Attracting a younger generation to the pasture over the city, with respect and improved income
Historically, farming has been considered a peasant occupation. It was about subsistence, not profit. However, everything from effective pruning to water management to additional cash-yielding activities such as bee-keeping, are making the agricultural sector much more attractive to younger workers.
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- Agriculture, Education
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FAO warns of bird flu and other viral global health threats
The world is at risk of major animal disease outbreaks like that seen in the 2006 avian influenza outbreaks unless surveillance and control of these diseases are enhanced, warns the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- public health
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Killer quinoa? Time to debunk these urban food myths
Twenty years ago, quinoa was pretty much unknown. Now, it’s in everyone’s cafeteria. Its price is going through the roof. And that, in the confused minds of Western foodies, is somehow a bad thing.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Latin America
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Special Series (Part 2): BPO for the BoP – The need for (and promise of) Impact Sourcing
In part one of this series, we defined Impact Sourcing and some of the factors accelerating its growth. Now, let’s look a little deeper into the two key trends driving interest in the space and whether these can be married through Impact Sourcing in a manner that drives benefit for both the BPO industry, as well as poor and vulnerable communities in emerging economies.
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- Agriculture, Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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The unpalatable truth about quinoa
Ethical consumers should be aware poor Bolivians can no longer afford their staple grain, due to western demand raising prices.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Latin America
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- nutrition, public health
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Mozambique : Is impact investment the answer for agribusiness?
Foreign investments in Mozambique face an incredibly challenging business environment. Impact investors are filling in the capital gap that exists in developing countries such as Mozambique by providing early and mid stage growth capital to companies with a good track record, often without need for collateral and at risk adjusted rates compared to those available on the local market.
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- Agriculture
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Nigeria, USAID Sign $3 Billion Agricultural Financing Deal
Nigeria has signed a $3 billion agriculture financing deal with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to empower its agricultural sector.
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- Agriculture
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An inconvenient truth
LAST year, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates gave $US10 million to British scientists to crack a problem he hoped might help solve the looming world food crisis. Unusually, this time the philanthropy of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was met with howls of outrage from left-leaning politicians and environmental groups that previously had welcomed its efforts to eradicate malaria and alleviate global poverty and hunger.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- nutrition
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