Employee Perks That Can Drive Your Company Retention Efforts
*Image Source: Pixabay What makes an organization? Is it the brand? Is it the products or services? Is it the income? Is it popularity? There are many components that make up a great company. Yes, what was mentioned above is extremely important, but the question is, are they the main drivers of an organization? […]
Food Security: A Glimpse on Its Resolution from the Past to the Present
*Image Source: Pexels It is a major challenge for various developing countries in sustaining food security at the national level and household levels. The Food and Agriculture Organization reports that an estimated 870 million people are undernourished in 2010-2012. This is 12.5% of the world’s population. A big chunk of these lives in developing […]
Nigerian Education: The Needs and Benefits of Public-Private Partnerships
*Image Source: Pixabay Public-private partnership is a term coined in the 1990s. It is a concept utilized in the field of public procurement but has no clear clarification or definition. Van-Herpen defined a public-private partnership as a collaboration between the public and the private sector. Both sectors implement together a project based on an agreed […]
How to Sustain Livestock in 5 ways
*Image Source: Pixabay According to the FAO or Food and Agriculture Organization, 1 in 7 humans is undernourished due to factors like reduced land availability, lack of water, climate change and soil degradation. These factors greatly affect the efficient food production which, in turn, will result in food scarcity.
The Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships
*Image Source: Pexels In this half-political and half-private world, the number of public-private partnerships is ever increasing. This world is controlled by global regulators that are either control explicitly or implicitly. Public-private denotes the joint management or joint management of a public facility such as water system and streets, to name some.
The Development with Development Aid: Is it Underdeveloped?
*Image Source: Pexels Development aid (a.k.a development assistance or foreign aid) is financial aid provided by governments and other agencies to hold up developing countries’ development in terms of social, economic, political, and environmental concerns. It is distinct from humanitarian aid as development aid focuses on poverty alleviation in the long term, rather than […]
Agro-food business: In the heart of Business or Business with a heart?
*Image Source: Pixabay The term ‘agro-food business’, as defined by Rosa Caiazza of Parthenope University of Naples and Tiziana Volpe National Research Council (CNR) and Institute for Service Industry Research (IRAT), refers to a combination of institutions, activities and enterprises that collectively develop and deliver material inputs to the farming sector, produce primary commodities, and […]
Multilateral Development Banks and Their Challenges
*Source Image: Pexels Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have played significant roles in the fight against poverty for more than seven decades since the foundation of the World Bank, at the Bretton Woods conference. However, most developing countries perceive the World Bank and major regional multilateral banks as bureaucratic, too inflexible, and dominated by the […]
How to Improve the Recruiter & Hiring Manager Relationship
*Image Source: Pexels For every available position, there are two people who are considered as the “key to a successful search” – the hiring manager and the recruiter. However, the two can also lead to a disaster, especially if they are not in the same boat.
Farmers and Agricultural Value Chains
*Image Source: Pexels Agricultural markets have transformed drastically. The increase and urbanization of the global population, as well as the rise in income, has brought about these drastic changes. Poor rural farmers are set aside because of the change in economic policies such as foreign trade and the demand for agricultural products that are of […]