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November 4, 2022
By Lionel Vigil It’s widely recognized ultra-processed – “junk” – food is difficult to resist. With high sugar, salt and fat content, this food is literally […]
October 7, 2022
By Angeline Tirogene and Gislet Ceneus Over the past five years, Haiti has faced major multidimensional crises. Insecurity, internal and external migration, food and gas shortages […]
September 15, 2022
Burkina Faso’s economy is based on agriculture. The only effective way to raise incomes is to increase agricultural output and productivity. This can be done with […]
September 14, 2022
By Lionel Vigil Guatemala suffers from poverty, violence and corruption. While no one wishes these things to drive them from family or community, sometimes it can […]
August 11, 2022
By Teresa Bergen If you live in developed parts of the world, beware, because this article is going to talk about two things that might make […]
July 21, 2022
Avocado consumption has skyrocketed around the world, particularly in the US. Per capita consumption has grown 8% per year for the past decade. About 40% of […]
July 11, 2022
Peru’s economy is recovering from the shutdowns and other measures taken to address COVID-19, which hit the country’s people especially hard. But like the rest of […]
July 8, 2022
by Abhaya Raj Joshi Although farmers traditionally practiced agroforestry in Nepal, they gave it up with the advent of the green revolution. A women’s group in […]
June 7, 2022
By Peter Coy Bamboo makes a fascinating case study of how to do developmental assistance right. Take Nepal, where the fast-growing plant (technically a grass, not […]