Curbing the Plastic Pollution Pandemic
Getting Started on Our B Corp Journey to Fight Plastic Pollution During the Pandemic From living with a pandemic to the impending climate crisis to longstanding racial injustices to the fragile global economy and the issues of modern-day slavery, 2020 provided
In the Face of COVID-19, Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System
There was no way for small-scale farmers in Ecuador to anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago when they started diversifying the products they grew and mapping efficient paths to get them to hungry urban markets. But when the
Demand Side of Pandemic: More Investment Needed to Get People On Board
Health research has been at the center of the world’s attention, and received billions of dollars: We’ve placed much of our hopes on vaccines and therapy to defeat COVID-19. Think of that as the “supply side” of the pandemic. On
Invest in Young Women for the Future of Africa’s Public Leadership
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports noted that women leaders appeared to be handling the emerging public health crisis better than their male counterparts. In June 2020, a study carried out by University of Reading and University
Five Lessons We’re Taking from 2020
“Challenging” “Sobering” “Unprecedented” Words fail to adequately describe 2020. The staggering toll of the pandemic defines this year, but so do examples of hope, unity, and innovation. And not all of those stories made headline news. In the remote communities where Root Capital
What Does Panic Buying Reflect About Our Society?
After having witnessed thousands of people stampede through their local supermarkets amid COVID-19’s outbreak, stripping aisles bare whilst willingly queuing in line for hours, one might question how such a state of panic arose particularly within advanced societies. Some may claim
Health Illiteracy – Why a Silent Epidemic Needs a “One Health” Approach
Health illiteracy haunts the COVID-19 response in most of the Western democracies. Health illiteracy is defined as the inability to comprehend and use medical information that can affect access to and use of the health-care system. Conversely, health literacy refers
How Will The Pandemic Impact Positive Peace?
The COVID-19 pandemic will interact with Positive Peace in complex and systemic ways. The pandemic and its subsequent economic crises are likely to radically change the way some countries operate. The long-term responses of countries to COVID-19 will be shaped by
Keeping Farmers Safe and Business Running: One Coop’s Pandemic Response
When Donald Delgado took the helm of UNICAFEC last November, the coffee cooperative was at a crossroads. Since its founding in 2001, the cooperative had been led by one man, Alfredo Alarcón, and his sudden death left a hole in
What COVID-19 Means for Investment in Agriculture
FAO Investment Centre Director Mohamed Manssouri speaks about the impacts of COVID-19 on investment in agriculture and smallholder farmers, illustrating what his organization is currently implementing to offset these impacts. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to our agriculture and
E-Mobility as a Case Study for Greener, More Resilient Economies
The global onset of COVID-19 has drastically affected all of us — through the fabric of our daily lives, and also through its reverberations in economic systems on local and global scales. Green, innovative, agile and scalable solutions are being
COVID-19 Heightens Need for CFS Framework for Action in Protracted Crises to Prevent Global Food Emergency
According to the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises, the number of people experiencing acute food insecurity reached a record high of 135 million in 2019, up from 108 million in 2016. And this trend is expected to increase dramatically