Lucy Ajok, a 34 year old Ugandan farmer, gives Farmers Weekly an insight into her rural life. Lucy is a single mother of five children and lives on a three-acre farm practising mixed farming. Farming families dependent on family labour, like Lucy's, are typically the poorest in Uganda, and often have the additional challenge of HIV. This interview shares some of the challenges faced in achieving SDG 1 and SDG 2.
Most scholars would agree that the goal of business is to create value. Yet, can there be anything more valuable than peace?
According to a Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, responding to poverty-related problems accounts for almost 60% of council spending on children's services in England. This article highlights the financial impact of poverty on public spending in England. Issues related to poverty and inequality are prevalent globally: all countries must tackle SDG 1 and SDG 10.
Agricultural development is critical to the advancement of Goal 2 (zero hunger). This concluding chapter summarises the roles of entrepreneurship and value chain organization in agricultural development in Brazil.
Despite much policy attention to agricultural development in South Africa, efforts since democratisation have failed to raise smallholder engagement in agriculture and to break the trend of persistent
There is a very large literature examining income inequality in relation to health.
Serious questions remain about the ability of NGOs to meet long-term transformative goals in their work for development and social justice.
Voluntary standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods.
An assessment tool to help implement the SDGs, looking how companies and civil society partners can work towards Goal 1 specifically
A primer explaining the inclusive business models companies can use to work towards Goal 1, Goal 8 and Goal 10
