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ERADICATING POVERTY IN THE WORLD IS AN URGENT CHALLENGE
According to the FAO, more than 800 million people in the world live on less than 1.90 USD a day. That is 10% of the world population. 690 million people suffer from famine. The Coronavirus pandemic has contributed to increasing this figure, adding between 75 and 95...
WHY INVEST IN EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT?
“All the street signs looked to me as if they were in Chinese or another language, just like the newspaper or the water bill. Now my life changed, before I lived in the dark”. I will never forget these words of a man, with tears of emotion, at the closing of a...
EXEMPLARY FATHER AND BOLD ENTREPRENEUR
With this blog, I want to honor all the parents of AgroAmerica, especially the founder, my father, Fernando Bolaños Menéndez. This month, when Father's Day is celebrated, remembering mine is knowing what it means to be a true father, a bold entrepreneur and an...
BEYOND MINIMUM WAGE: INVESTING IN LIVING WAGES IS INVESTING IN BUSINESS
This month marks International Labor Day, which has inspired me to write about a living wage. Although there is no exact definition, there is a global consensus on what a living wage means: it is a wage that allows workers and their families to meet their basic needs....
MOST OF THE FOOD WE EAT DEPENDS ON BEES
When you think of bees, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Surely you will say -honey-. That's right, bees provide us with this rich and nutritious food, however, their function goes much further. Thanks to bees, which feed and transport pollen from flower to...
EVERY DROP COUNTS: EFFICIENT USE OF WATER
Access to drinking water continues to be, without a doubt, a huge challenge worldwide. Its scarcity continues to grow, mainly due to climate change, pollution, and its inefficient use. Causes of pollution are several, but studies show that most are related to human...
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE: BETTER QUALITY OF FOOD
The climate change crisis and now the pandemic that we are facing triggered my thoughts on business models to support sustainable development. Business models The Corporate Social Responsibility concept came about in the ‘50s as a business vision based on respect,...
ZERO FOOD WASTE COULD FEED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
The United Nations estimates that 31% of the food produced in the world is wasted. This is equivalent to approximately 1.3 billion tons of fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy, seafood, and grains, which could sate the hunger of millions of people on the planet. Food is...
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE
This month, as Human Rights are celebrated, I wonder: where do universal rights begin? Eleanor Roosevelt responds to my question with wisdom: “In small places, close to home; so close and so small that they cannot be seen on world maps. However, these close, small...