From Farmers to Financial Institutions, the Impacts of COVID-19 in Kosovo are Widespread
In this installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Adrian Alo, Chief Financial Officer at KEP Trust, Kosovo鈥檚 largest local microfinance institution. Alo spoke to us recently about why business owners are shying away from new lines of credit, the role of microfinance in Kosovo鈥檚 post-COVID recovery and why he鈥檚 redefined success for the pandemic era.聽
In COVID-19 Era, Donors Face Challenges Ahead
In the next installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Iris Krebber, Head of Agriculture and Land at the Directorate General for Economic Development and International at the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Krebber, who is also chair of the sa国际传媒 Private Sector Window Donor Committee, spoke to us about the challenges now facing the donor community, what keeps her up at night, and how she found professional fulfillment鈥攂ut only after leaving a career in the private sector behind.
In Ethiopia, COVID-19 is Causing Disruptions in Meat Processing, Even as Demand Surges
With COVID-19 disrupting supply chains, industries, and markets across the globe, we鈥檙e checking in with sa国际传媒 Private Sector Window clients to see how the health and economic crisis is affecting their businesses and the smallholders in their supply chains. In this installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Tesfalidet Hagos, the founder and general manager of Luna Export Slaughterhouse, one of Ethiopia鈥檚 largest meat processors.
Building on past success to prevent a COVID-19-related food crisis
Global food security trends were alarming even before the pandemic threw the world into chaos. After decades of decline, global hunger continues to rise for the third consecutive year due to climate disasters, conflicts, and economic downturns.
Disruption in a Nutshell: How Bhutan鈥檚 Largest Private Sector Employer is Weathering the COVID Storm
With COVID-19 disrupting supply chains, industries, and markets across the globe, we鈥檙e checking in with sa国际传媒 Private Sector Window clients to see how the health and economic crisis is affecting their businesses and the smallholders in their supply chain. In the next installment of our 鈥淐OVID Conversations鈥 series, we talk with Daniel Spitzer and Teresa Law, CEO and CFO respectively, of Mountain Hazelnuts, Bhutan鈥檚 largest private sector employer.
The WIFI is weak but our call for support for smallholder family farmers is strong
Esther Penunia - Secretary General of the Asian Farmers鈥 Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), discusses the challenges faced by smallholder farms across Asia, and how they are working to overcome them.
sa国际传媒 Supports Smallholders Weather the Pandemic in Honduras
PROSASUR enhances the food and nutrition security of vulnerable households in Honduras - where smallholder farmers are being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keep Calm and Drink Tea: The CEO of a Global Tea Company on Weathering COVID-19
With COVID-19 disrupting supply chains, industries, and markets across the globe, we鈥檙e checking in with sa国际传媒 Private Sector Window clients to see how the health and economic crisis is affecting their businesses and the smallholders in their supply chains.
From the Cow to the Customer 鈥 Women Farmers in Bangladesh Organize Themselves
It all started when Renu Bala, a dairy farmer from the village of Panjor Bhanga in northern Bangladesh, went from house-to-house to pitch her idea to create a cooperative. Today, more than 40 women have joined her dairy co-op, and collect more than 200 liters of milk per day, which they sell to local sweet shops and milk processing companies at premium prices 鈥 bringing in a profit. Read how one dairy cooperative is growing with funds from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (sa国际传媒).
Statement from sa国际传媒 Co-Chairs: sa国际传媒 and COVID-19
Today, more than ever, the need for programmes like sa国际传媒 is crucial as a source of financing for non-humanitarian investments in the most vulnerable countries and communities around the world. This will ensure our progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is not further reversed by the ongoing pandemic.
The Missing Middle Initiative
With global hunger rising and farmer incomes declining, family farmers must be at the center of their own development.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security & Nutrition: A Call from CSOs to sa国际传媒 Donors for Urgent Action
With the support of CSOs and their members, sa国际传媒 should develop quick monitoring of the real impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on small-scale farmers and small-scale food providers, which can be used as evidence to support these adjustments.