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The Paradox of Property Rights and Economic Development
Recent weeks have seen simmering property rights conflicts around the world: Burmese citizens marching in protest against the government’s seizure of their lands for a hotel zone; Vietnamese villagers contesting the confiscation of their land for an EcoPark satellite city project; and violent clashes breaking out in Panama City over a controversial law allowing the sale of state-owned land in the port city of Colón—Latin America’s largest duty-free zone.
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- Agriculture
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A Growing Lifeline: Mobile Technologies in Agricultural Development
For farmers, mobile devices can deliver services that help them improve their production, such as weather information and technical advice. For buyers, data delivered via mobile can increase their insight into volumes harvested and processed by farmers and their organizations during the cycle.
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- Agriculture, Technology, Telecommunications
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(With Video) Facing Climate Change By Adapting to It
While the emphasis today is on rescue, recovery and rebuilding efforts from Hurricane Sandy, some East Coast leaders have already begun to raise the tough question for tomorrow: How do we adapt to climate change? In developing countries, this question is a part of daily life. From the Oxfam series, “Climate Change The Hardest Hit,” here are three stories from three continents where low-income people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Inclusive Compliance: The New Playing Field for Inclusive Business Innovations
Not all supply chains are the same, and not all of them are limited to structured factories or facilities. Difficulties arise when monitoring labor standards in informal sectors, such as evaluating environmental or social standards. This was the driving force behind inclusive compliance.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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Runa Tea’s Low-Calorie, High-Impact Model: With revenues reaching $1M Runa is generating income for 2,000 farming families.
A great-tasting, caffeine-containing, calorie-conscious tea WITH a sustainable environmental impact? I didn’t think such a product could exist until I looked into Runa Tea, one of the latest brands in the business with social impact space. Currently, Runa has revenues hovering around $1,000,000 annually and in turn is generating over $100,000 of direct income per year for 2,000 farming families. Founder Tyler Gage shares the inspiration behind the company.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- nutrition
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The BIG Smallholder Opportunity: ‘Growing Business with Smallholders’ practitioner workshop is Nov. 19-20 in Germany
It’s clear that smallholders are important partners for improving food security when considering that, with 500 million farms worldwide, they cultivate most of the land in developing countries. To achieve food security, effective mechanisms to equip smallholders with the right inputs and tools.
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- Agriculture
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Sisal board introduces mobile decorticators to revolutionise farming
Way back in the early 60s, the sisal industry was the best organised commercial agriculture in East Africa with Tanzania leading in terms of production, followed by Brazil.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria: UN, Brazil Sign U.S.$20 Million Pact to Help Farmers in Developing Countries
A $20 million agreement signed during the week by the United Nations and Brazil will seek to transfer the expertise of the South American country to support cotton farmers in developing economies.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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