Solutions must support ecological-based farms in rural communities while considering affordability, organic integrity, and limitations on mechanized farming.

Identifying larger institutions in your area that would be interested in providing agricultural production training to smallholder farmers using SHI’s model.Selling appropriate services, tools, or equipment to farmers in the program.Marketing and selling products, such as coffee, plantain chips, and honey, from SHI farms.HBS Online and SHI are challenging the Community to develop a business plan that enables SHI to scale their impact by creating ventures that offset financial costs and increase farmers’ benefits.Ĭhapters are encouraged to either come up with their own business plan, or use one of the following ideas as a starting point: Now, SHI is looking to scale up and expand the impact of their mission to reverse climate change and fight rural poverty. According to SHI, 30 to 40 percent of deforestation is the result of small-scale farmers who are struggling to support their families with unsustainable farming techniques, simply because they aren’t aware of sustainable alternatives.īy teaching sustainable farming practices, SHI has helped over 3,000 families in Central America regenerate roughly 30,000 acres of previously degenerated land. Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is a nonprofit that has provided training and tools to rural farmers for more than 20 years, enabling them to improve their diet, income, and health, while also working against the effects of climate change and slash-and-burn farming tactics.Īs reported by the United Nations, the reversal of climate change by the year 2030 is linked to the crucial reduction of poverty. That’s why HBS Online is proud to announce its partnership with Sustainable Harvest International for the second-annual Community Challenge. Determined, intelligent minds, in partnership with a mission-driven organization, have the potential to make global change at a time when it’s needed most.

It’s the responsibility of every citizen to support organizations working toward these goals.

With just over a decade before the effects of climate change become irreversible, working to repair the existing damage, as well as mitigate future damage, are of equal importance. Knowing that the impact of the world’s collective action may not manifest for years, or even decades, the need to make significant change has never been more pressing. It’s been nearly two years since the United Nations gave the world a 12-year window for reversing climate change.

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