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Smallholder cocoa and coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Honduras are accessing new markets and making better business decisions through IBM Food Trust and IBM Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture, working with Heifer International and IBM.

Since their adoption in 2015, the development community has worked toward reaching the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Yet much progress has been cut short or even reversed following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with warnings of a hunger crisis from a number of U.N. agencies and various reports of the gap between rich and poor rapidly widening.

The nonprofit’s internal comms leader shares valuable insights into the org’s efforts to celebrate workers’ expertise in a session for Ragan Training.

NGO Heifer International Cambodia (HIC) on June 21 handed over a total of 21 transport vehicles and nearly $500,000 worth of infrastructure to 21 agriculture cooperatives, as part of its “poultry project of national pride in Cambodia” for 2021-2026.

According to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization, 225,000 people die each year in the Asia-Pacific region due to foodborne illnesses. Additionally, the World Health Organization reported that 137,000 people die from illnesses stemming from contaminated food in Africa.

We wrap up our series on carbon in coffee by understanding how social sustainability is crucial to tackling the climate crisis.

How can we make food systems fair for both people and the planet?

A new coffee trading model has been launched that promises to pay coffee farmers a living wage.

Lack of water to irrigate crops, the impact of COVID-19, a broken food trading system — getting food from the farm to the table is more complicated than it seems. But it might not have to be.

Commercial coffee roaster Bellweather Coffee, global development organization Heifer International and specialty coffee importer Sustainable Harvest have launched a new pricing model for the commodity called Verified Living Income.