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Food spoilage forced smallholder farmers out of pocket and out of business – until an entrepreneur came up with a cool idea. Growing up on a farm in Southern Nigeria, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu observed how smallholder farmers rushed to sell their produce before sunset to avoid spoiling or selling it at give-away prices. Ikegwuonu came up with a cool idea to save the produce from spoiling: solar-powered cold rooms.

La Cosecha del Día, translated “The Harvest of the Day,” is a farmer-owned online marketplace run by mostly small-scale female farmers in Ecuador. The online platform connects farmers to consumers for a variety of produce options—and it’s transforming the lives of rural young people in the South American country.

Food spoilage forced smallholder farmers out of pocket and out of business – until an entrepreneur came up with a cool idea. Growing up on a farm in Southern Nigeria, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu observed how smallholder farmers rushed to sell their produce before sunset to avoid spoiling or selling it at give-away prices. Ikegwuonu came up with a cool idea to save the produce from spoiling: solar-powered cold rooms.

Guatemala. A lo largo de 50 años apoyando a Centroamérica, Cargill ha visto el potencial de la nutrición y la agricultura para impactar positivamente a las comunidades y productores locales. Para generar oportunidades con el fin de mejorar el nivel de vida de los agricultores, construir mercados más fuertes y promover la resiliencia económica, Cargill anunció inversiones adicionales de $150 millones durante los próximos cinco años en la región, específicamente apoyando a Honduras, Guatemala y El Salvador.

Smallholder coffee farmers are essential to the coffee industry, producing approximately 60 percent of the global supply and an even higher proportion of specialty coffee.

With over $25 billion annual diaspora remittance, Heifer International has opened discussions with Nigerians in Diaspora with a view to investing in the Nigerian agricultural sector

On Sunday, November 28, 2021, the minister for Agriculture, Dr Adolph Mkenda, presented a report to journalists on the development of agriculture in the past 60 years. In the report, Dr Mkenda explains how the government has involved the youth in the agriculture sector – and its plans for taking the sector to the next level in the next 60 years.

The GivingTuesday Data Commons shows an estimated 35 million adults participated on GivingTuesday 2021 in the U.S., a 6% increase compared to 2020. Giving in the United States alone totaled $2.7 billion representing a 9% increase compared to GivingTuesday 2020, and a 37% increase since 2019.

A farmer-owned online marketplace run by mostly small-scale female farmers in Ecuador is transforming the industry. What started as a response to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions has transformed into an innovative model, allowing producers to connect directly with consumers and provide fresh food on the day of harvest.

Started in 2012, Giving Tuesday is an opportunity to focus on giving back to organizations, causes, and people who are trying to make lasting change in this world. From an international organization working to eradicate hunger to a small nonprofit partnering with communities globally, we highlight three organizations and ways to give back this Giving Tuesday.