Small Farms. Big Impact.
<strong>Global food production will need to increase by 60 percent by 2050 to feed the world’s expected population. In the developing world, food production will need to double.</strong> Yet, the smallholder farmers who produce most of the food consumed in these countries are some of the poorest people on earth. What would it take to […]
Babban Gona
In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, smallholder farming is a perilous occupation. Although agriculture represents a quarter of the economy, the sector is unready to meet the food needs of a population expected to double over the next generation. Meanwhile, the burgeoning youth population faces 50 percent unemployment against a backdrop of three insurgencies in […]
Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN)
Indonesia has the third largest area of tropical forests in the world, yet the burning of hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest for palm oil and mining concessions makes it one of the world’s largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Failure to recognize Indigenous land rights threatens Indigenous communities that depend directly on forests […]
Afghan Institute of Learning
The Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) uses a holistic approach to education and good healthcare, especially for women and girls. AIL goes to a community only when it has been requested. The community states what it wants and AIL sees how it can help. AIL provides evolving programming including training teachers in interactive teaching methods […]