This short communication highlights the innovative application of nutrition entrepreneurship in the coffee industry, focusing on Varacco Inc.'s COFFEE (Coffee-based Farming and Entrepreneurship Engagement) framework. Nutrition entrepreneurship combines business innovation, nutrition science, and community engagement to address malnutrition and empower marginalized groups. Varacco's framework enhances coffee-growing communities' socio-economic and nutritional...
Reflecting on the 1775 Mount Gamalama Eruption: Lessons from Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Development in Ternate Island, North Maluku Province, Indonesia
The volcanic Molucca islands have provided the world with their precious cloves, which have been highly valued in medicinal properties for millennia. Cloves have antibacterial, antiviral, and analgesic characteristics. They were considered silver bullet cures in medieval epidemics and the early COVID-19 pandemic response. Cloves originated from Ternate Island, the...
Introduction to the Journal of Human Ecology and Sustainability (JHES)
Research in human ecology and sustainability holds significant importance in addressing global challenges related to the environment, society, and the well-being of the current and future generations. There is an urgent need for a platform to inform new knowledge, practices, policies, and behaviors that contribute toward a more sustainable, resilient,...
Livelihood Vulnerability to the Hazards of Climate Change: The Case of Selected Coastal Communities in Virac, Catanduanes
The geographical location of Catanduanes makes it known as the island of howling winds. As the years passed, typhoons came to the island more frequently and with higher magnitudes due to climate change. With this phenomenon, Catandunganons faced risks not just for their lives but for their sources of income....