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Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How a government official decided to support improved sanitation for his district A fortunate son Improved toilets provide safety, dignity, and privacy in Ghana The migration of young people from small villages and farms to the city opens up additional options for improving the lives of those who remain behind. Making improved toilets affordable can spur increasing sanitation coverage by marketing to this newly affluent group. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How young urban professionals are investing in improved toilets to honor their parents The future now Trying to keep up with demand in Cambodia Better outputs require better inputs, which is why iDE's Farm Business Advisors sell high-quality seeds to their clients. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How Sou Sothoun views the future after her interactions with iDE. From treadle to solar STAFF PROFILE: Badrul Alam is leading the next wave of innovation in agricultural technology “The solar pump is very interesting to me. So far, all of the pumps I have seen and known have been powered by man, animal, wind, diesel, or electricity, and they rely on many fast-moving parts. This pump is different because it has no moving parts, and the source of energy is the sun.” Read more: STAFF PROFILE: Meet Badrul Alam, one of our first employees Less Risky Business ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: Expanding micro-finance in Zambia Farm Business Advisors are called on to perform many tasks. One of David Mbwita’s is to recommend his clients for small loans based on his understanding of their ability to repay. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: David Mbwita helps micro-finance institutions find reliable low-income borrowers Juddy rising ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: Empowering female farmers in Zambia Juddy has been working with John Muta, a Farm Business Advisor (FBA), for the past few years, and through talking with her we came to understand how the FBA program is affecting women’s empowerment in the household. Using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), which measures empowerment across domains ranging from decision-making power to control over income, we asked Juddy about her roles. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How Juddy Mukumbi is creating a family agricultural business Beating blindness ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: Marketing crops rich in vitamin-A in Ghana Two farmers participate in a quantitative assessment by our iQ team, which will be paired with results from a qualitative deep dive administered by our Human-Centered Design team. We interviewed them to understand the successes and barriers to growing and selling a very specific kind of sweet potato: an orange-fleshed sweet potato, high in Vitamin A. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How Samuel and Akolbire are taking the risk to grow crops rich in vitamin-A Plentiful plantains ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: A farmer makes the switch from flood to drip irrigation Nicaragua is known for its lakes and rivers—water scarcity has not been a problem until now. The rains are coming less frequently, and weather patterns are less predictable. Farmers like Candelario are having to pivot their practices—making such changes as switching from traditional flood irrigation to water-saving drip irrigation. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How Candelario Bojorge has expanded his plantain grove and reduced water use Tunnel vision ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: Increasing production despite changing weather patterns in Nepal Gita Pariyar lives in Lahachok village, within the Kaski district of central Nepal. She is raising 2 daughters and a son while her husband works as a laborer in the Middle East. A member of the disadvantaged Dalit community, she helps supplement her family’s income through agriculture. But she’s noticed a change in the rainfall in Nepal. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How Gita Pariyar uses a 'tomato tunnel' to address climate change Life beyond coffee ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: Doña Julia Rivera learns to diversify in Honduras Doña Julia lives in a region of Honduras called Marcala, known for its high-quality coffee production. Undernourishment is a widespread problem among coffee farmers in this region. Normally, farmers only earn an income during the four months of coffee harvesting—leaving farmers eight months each year, known as the “thin months,” to survive on their coffee earnings. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How Doña Julia Rivera overcomes the “thin months” with drip irrigation Pigging out ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: Ho Thi Hiu earns a profit raising pigs A mother of five, Ho Thi Hiu used to supplement her household’s meager income by growing rice. She would also make a small profit by buying piglets in a nearby town, raising them, and selling them fully-grown. But raising pigs is no easy task. Read more: ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE: How Ho Thi Hiu leveraged a microloan to build a thriving business Turn possibility into action. We leverage the power of entrepreneurship to lift people out of poverty. Your investment will begin a chain reaction to help people increase their income, provide health and happiness to their families, and to experience life to its fullest. 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