Climate change is having a severe impact on agricultural producers in Ukraine. The changing climate has resulted in extreme weather events, like droughts, floods, dry spells, and hailstones, that have become all too common.
Every day, we make financial decisions. This includes negotiating with a merchant, creating holiday plans, or watching a movie on its premiere release. Sound financial decisions can contribute to broader saving habits that boost earnings and increase savings.
Two years ago, countries around the world began implementing lockdowns and other restrictions to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. These lockdowns resulted in an unprecedented disruption in global markets, a rise in food systems vulnerabilities, and a socio-economic crisis few of us have witnessed in our lifetime.
As the world struggled to contain the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, another sinister pandemic came to the fore: gender-based violence (GBV).
Untapped Potential: Overcoming Barriers for Female Fund Managers and Entrepreneurs was a roundtable event organized by MEDA as part of the Latin America Impact Investing Forum (FLII): Central America and Caribbean on November 19th, 2021. The event featured an interactive discussion with panelists from FinDev Canada, Add Value Management, Pro Mujer, IADB, and MEDA.
Agriculture in Ghana is essential — over half of the Ghanaian labor force works in the sector. Tree crops are vital to the country’s economy, but the industry has struggled. Less farmland, an aging workforce, and older trees mean less productivity.
In 2015, the world came together in Paris, France at the Annual Conference of Parties (CoP) to adopt and agree to implement the Paris Agreement. This groundbreaking international treaty was adopted by 196 parties with the goal of limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius.
Wanting to learn even more about MEDA but don’t know where to start? The Marketplace is MEDA’s publication exploring business solutions to poverty through a lens of faith. In this bi-monthly magazine, you’ll get a hand-picked selection of client stories, project updates, learnings of faith and business, and much more.
In one word, plenty. After a year spent organizing and attending virtual events in 2020, it is easy to get weary of time spent in front of the screen.
There have been growing calls to “decolonize” the international development sector by returning more power and resources back into the hands of the people who are most impacted by international development work.
Despite some progress, violence against women and girls is still a serious problem in Ethiopia and one which is fueled by persistent gender-biased attitudes and practices.
World Soil Day, and as such, it’s an excellent opportunity to talk about the role that soil plays in ensuring that healthy food can be grown and eaten by societies around the world. While this essential cornerstone of our food systems is easily overlooked, the consequences of poor soil health can be devastating.
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