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Interview: Helping coffee farmers turns competitors into colleagues

We talk with Green Mountain Coffee about their new hunger-busting coalition with Starbucks, Counter Culture, Farmer Brothers, S&D Coffee, and Sustainable Harvest.

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Two companies making trade fairer without 'fair trade'

When fair trade farming didn’t pay enough for one farmer to make ends meet, he started a new coffee company to take control of the production process and boost profits.

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Quotable: Land O'Lakes seeds economic opportunity and peace through dairy farming

How do you boost farmers in post-conflict regions like Sri Lanka? Jon Halverson of Land O'Lakes discusses how the U.S. dairy co-op blended commercial and development work in an interview on DevEx.

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Pairing risk reduction with income generation makes communities more resilient

People earning money are more likely to protect their homes, land and life before disaster strikes, rather than only responding after traumatic events occur.

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Water ATMs bring new meaning to pay-as-you go

In India, water entrepreneurs are bringing clean water to more people than ever, and spurring economic development through profitable water ATMs.

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Why smart multinationals are creating awards for social innovators

What would the Academy be without the Oscars? What would NCAA basketball be without March Madness?

BANGLADESH: NEW PARADIGMS FOR AID

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A new paradigm for food aid: Building new local food businesses

Crunch time! How a 1-year USDA grant reshaped a Bangladesh cereal market.

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Bolivian farmers earn a title to their land 40% faster with better technology

Unjust land holdings in developing countries create and sustain inequality, but new mobile phone technology is simplifying the land titling process and securing plots for farmers.

CHOCOLATE SHORTAGE BY 2020? HOW MINI LOANS COULD SAVE THE DAY

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Who says GMOs are necessary? Small farmer shatters rice record

Genetically modified organisms cover six percent more farmland every year, setting a global record of 170.3 million hectares in 2012. While some applaud GMO crops, farmers from Mexico to India are denouncing them.

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Chocolate shortage by 2020? How mini loans could save the day

Social lenders aren't meeting poor farmers' financing needs. If commercial buyers don't provide more capital, the world could face shortages of luxury cash crops.

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Natural disasters cost corporations $400 billion in 2011, UN says

Environmental disasters not only cripple smallholder farmers, they also mean high costs for the corporations at the buying end of the supply chain. A forthcoming UN report will show just how detrimental those costs can be.