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The burden of hunger in Touws River is heavy, as a recent ‘learning journey’ revealed. Understanding how the local food systems work is crucial to stemming further socioeconomic breakdown in this and other small rural towns. ....
Image Credit: ModernNomads/Shutterstock.com Kabadiwalla Connect – an Indian technology start-up – is working to transform waste collection and management in cities in the Global South by using the Internet of Things (IoT) and building on the contribution of existing informal networks. Why is Waste Collection Important? Waste collection and management is a vital component of healthy, safe, and environmentally sound city management – with wider implications for the whole planet’s environmental wellbeing. However, effective waste collection and management is often unattainable in developing countries. Research has shown that upper-middle-income countries’ populations see 86% of their solid waste collected effectively. In lower-middle-income countries, this is reduced to 68% and only 41% of solid waste is collected in low-income countries. ....