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Data Entry Assistant in Mexico

 ELISA International  is actively looking for people who want to work from home doing data entry-type tasks, primarily as focus group participants and survey researchers. You'll need a computer, smartphone, or laptop with a secure internet connection. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of their gender identity, color, religion, sexual orientation, race,  disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other legally protected peculiarity. Job details $15- $30 an hour Location: Mexico Job Type:   Part- time Qualifications Requires a high school diploma. Excellent written, phone, e-mail, and spoken communication skills are required. Excellent analytical, resourcefulness, logical thinking, and detail-oriented skills are required. Job Benefits  Part-time positions are available; choose the days you want to work. You'll have plenty of chances to advance. A commitment to internal promotion. Weekly pay is very good. Free training.  Roles and Respons

Four paths to respond to the food price crisis

  As the devastating war in Ukraine rages on causing untold suffering, its impact is being felt far beyond its borders, battering a world emerging from a pandemic that has hit developing countries hardest.   Among the most critical is the food price crisis, calling into question the affordability and availability of wheat and other essential staples. There is no downplaying the blow that the war has dealt to food systems, already fragile from two years of COVID-19 disruptions, climate extremes, currency devaluations, and worsening fiscal constraints.  Because Ukraine and Russia account for over a quarter of the world’s annual wheat sales, the war has led to a significant rise in the price of food  , not only wheat but barley, maize, and edible oil among others exported by these two countries.  Global and domestic food prices  were already close to all-time highs before the war, and a large question mark looms over the next seasons’ harvests worldwide due to the sharp increase in fertil

HOW STUDENTS ARE FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY IN MEXICO

  When the COVID-19 pandemic first struck in March 2020, a group of college students came together to start  The Farmlink Project , a nonprofit organization that works to alleviate food insecurity among poor people. Now, nearly a year later, Farmlink is making its mission an international one with The Farmlink Project: Mexico, which will fight food insecurity in Mexico. At the same time that Farmlink was forming, Mexicans living in poverty were experiencing the same disproportionate effects that the pandemic has had on the world’s poor communities. Food Insecurity in Mexico The pandemic hit Mexico early. The country had the fourth-highest death toll in the world by June 2020. As a result, impoverished communities suffered the brunt of the consequences. A government agency estimated that about 10 million people in Mexico fell into  extreme poverty  due to the economic effects of the pandemic. Food insecurity in Mexico became an immediate problem in many communities. Moreover, the govern