This All-Women Cooperative is Feeding Hundreds During the Pandemic
Since 2007, the all-women AMPROCAL coffee cooperative in Ocotepeque, Honduras has worked hard to connect farmers with higher prices for their coffee on the international market. Starting with just eight members, they’ve grown to over 150 today. That means they’re
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
Building a Better Future: How Gender Research Supports Rural Women During Times of Crisis
Gender research supports more equitable outcomes during and post-crisis, while helping to build more resilient systems. While scientists and climate activists have sounded the alarm for decades, calling attention to the impending impacts of climate change, it has proven to be
Multiple Cropping Could Help Feed the World
For the first time, the global area of different multiple cropping systems is quantified. This could be a game-changer for farmers and not only farmers. The key: Crop production can be increased without increasing the surface of cultivated land. Feeding
Engaging the ‘Unusual Suspects’: An Interview With Azzedine Downes
Fifty years ago, activist Brian Davies founded the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in hopes of ending the commercial hunt for seals in Canada. Fifteen years later, in 1983 and in partnership with IFAW, Europe banned the importation of “whitecoat”
Bison and Cowboys: Regenerative Ranching and Holistic Land Management in Northern Mexico
This article has been modified, with the help of author Alexa J. Firmenich, to fit the Impakter Sustainable Development Goals series, particularly in reference to Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land. The original version can be found here. This is
Food Systems: at the Heart of Sustainable Development
Food is fundamental to human development, brings joy, and unites families. Food systems have driven our transformation as a species from the time we roamed as hunter-gatherers some 10,000 years ago to the Green Revolution and the broad expansion of
Promoting Sustainable Investments to Attain the SDGs
In 2016 the European Union launched an ambitious new initiative: the External Investment Plan (EIP) and its new European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD). The EIP and the EFSD will support smart and sustainable investments in our partner countries, starting