Chinese farmers carry zucchini inside their farm during a visit by China's Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu for the Sudan-China Agriculture Cooperation Development Forum in Khartoum, Sudan. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

How Inclusive Business Can Tackle Poverty in China
While China has seen amazing economic development over the past three years, it is also home to ever-increasing income inequality. In rural areas, farmers still use primitive farming techniques on increasingly eroded soil in small farmlands, barely making ends meet. However, a new e-commerce platform is helping rural households increase their incomes and expand the sales channels for their agricultural products.

The Goat Slaughterhouse That Drives a Kenyan Slum's Economy
Dressed in a white apron and black gum boots, 24-year-old Osman Idris waits patiently outside a Nairobi slaughterhouse in the Kiamaiko slum as scores of customers stream past in search of fresh goat meat. Unlike the majority of Kenyan slums where unemployment, insecurity and crime are rife, Kiamaiko has seen more jobs and small businesses flourish as a result of a burgeoning goat market.

The Next Generation of Farmers Is Being Trained in New York City High Schools
While high schools in rural farming areas have long prepared students for jobs in agriculture, aquaculture, and biotechnology, they can't come close to meeting the demand. So some urban public high schools, including the Food and Finance High School in midtown Manhattan, are stepping in to fill the void.

Meat Matters: Green Trends in the Meat Sector
Smithfield Foods, the largest pork processor and hog producer in the world, estimates that its operations emit as much carbon dioxide per year as five coal-fired power plants. That's why Smithfield recently became the first meat company to set a farm-to-fork climate goal. The pork giant plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 25% over the next eight years.