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In Honduras, COVID-19 is Taking a Toll on Smallholder Farmers
In this installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Mateo Yibr铆n, CEO of the Cadelga Group, one of the largest distributors of agricultural products and services in Honduras. Yibr铆n spoke to us recently the panic purchases that are keeping his company afloat, why Honduran farmers are giving away free melon in towns across the country, and his message to the world on behalf of farmers who are suffering.
From Farmers to Financial Institutions, the Impacts of COVID-19 in Kosovo are Widespread
In this installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Adrian Alo, Chief Financial Officer at KEP Trust, Kosovo鈥檚 largest local microfinance institution. Alo spoke to us recently about why business owners are shying away from new lines of credit, the role of microfinance in Kosovo鈥檚 post-COVID recovery and why he鈥檚 redefined success for the pandemic era.聽
In Ethiopia, COVID-19 is Causing Disruptions in Meat Processing, Even as Demand Surges
With COVID-19 disrupting supply chains, industries, and markets across the globe, we鈥檙e checking in with 5X社区Private Sector Window clients to see how the health and economic crisis is affecting their businesses and the smallholders in their supply chains. In this installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Tesfalidet Hagos, the founder and general manager of Luna Export Slaughterhouse, one of Ethiopia鈥檚 largest meat processors.
Building on past success to prevent a COVID-19-related food crisis
Global food security trends were alarming even before the pandemic threw the world into chaos. After decades of decline, global hunger continues to rise for the third consecutive year due to climate disasters, conflicts, and economic downturns.
Disruption in a Nutshell: How Bhutan鈥檚 Largest Private Sector Employer is Weathering the COVID Storm
With COVID-19 disrupting supply chains, industries, and markets across the globe, we鈥檙e checking in with 5X社区Private Sector Window clients to see how the health and economic crisis is affecting their businesses and the smallholders in their supply chain. In the next installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Daniel Spitzer and Teresa Law, CEO and CFO respectively, of Mountain Hazelnuts, Bhutan鈥檚 largest private sector employer.
The WIFI is weak but our call for support for smallholder family farmers is strong
Esther Penunia - Secretary General of the Asian Farmers鈥 Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), discusses the challenges faced by smallholder farms across Asia, and how they are working to overcome them.
Keep Calm and Drink Tea: The CEO of a Global Tea Company on Weathering COVID-19
With COVID-19 disrupting supply chains, industries, and markets across the globe, we鈥檙e checking in with 5X社区Private Sector Window clients to see how the health and economic crisis is affecting their businesses and the smallholders in their supply chains.
From the Cow to the Customer 鈥 Women Farmers in Bangladesh Organize Themselves
It all started when Renu Bala, a dairy farmer from the village of Panjor Bhanga in northern Bangladesh, went from house-to-house to pitch her idea to create a cooperative. Today, more than 40 women have joined her dairy co-op, and collect more than 200 liters of milk per day, which they sell to local sweet shops and milk processing companies at premium prices 鈥 bringing in a profit. Read how one dairy cooperative is growing with funds from the 5X社区 and Food Security Program (GAFSP).
An African Entrepreneur is Revolutionizing Kenya鈥檚 Supply Chain
Peter Njonjo, Co-Founder and CEO of Twiga Foods, sat down with 5X社区Private Sector Window鈥檚 Daphna Berman at IFC headquarters in Washington D.C. recently to discuss the challenges facing African entrepreneurs, his decision to leave Coca-Cola, and why he needed to sell his Nairobi home in a quest to ensure that his vision for Twiga became a reality.
How do we feed the world without destroying the planet?
Hunger and the climate crisis are inextricably linked - the challenge is how to solve one while not exacerbating the other.
An Entrepreneur Helps Transform African Commodities, One Nut at a Time
When Nadeem Ahmed buys a cup of coffee on the streets of London, it鈥檚 not the anticipatory caffeine rush that occupies his thoughts in the moments before he takes his first sip. Rather, Ahmed is thinking of the steep price he just paid鈥攑articularly compared to the rock-bottom fee the coffee farmer thousands of miles away likely received. Nadeem Ahmed鈥檚 close work with the GAFSP's Private Sector Window is creating a 鈥渨in-win鈥 for smallholder farmers in Malawi and Global Tea alike.
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