Here's how female entrepreneurs are helping farmers feed Latin America
Women-led start-ups are cutting out the middlemen between organic farmers and supermarkets, helping raise food security and improving farmers' lives.
Fabio Teixeira is the Brazilian trafficking and slavery correspondent for Thomson Reuters Foundation. He has worked for national newspaper O Globo and has a post-graduate degree in Investigative Journalism from the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism.
Women-led start-ups are cutting out the middlemen between organic farmers and supermarkets, helping raise food security and improving farmers' lives.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred governments in Latin America to try and address the digital divide, with initiatives that include lowering internet prices.
These food systems are said to be among the world's most sustainable, due to their efficiency, avoidance of waste and the way they adapt to the seasons.
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