Iringa, Tanzania – In center of this East African nation, two organizations are working with poor farmers to prove that…
Africa is awash with talk about how to improve agriculture, ensure food security and reduce the toll of malnutrition. Tanzania is one of a few countries where population growth continues to exceed reductions made in malnutrition and maternal anemia.
Imagine if you could prevent hundreds of millions of children from blindness, half a million from dying and others from suffering all other sorts of malnutrition maladies by simply dropping a missing vitamin in their daily bowl of rice. That’s essentially what scientists, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, hope to accomplish with a new form of rice dubbed ‘golden rice.’
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Morgana Wingard African countries are making promising agricultural gains, but the progress remains in the balance due to a $4.4…
Kofi Annan and Melinda Gates at 2012 African Green Revolution Forum, TanzaniaFlickr, agrforum While Bill Gates was in New York…
Lawrence Mkhaliphi Lawrence Mkhaliphi is a farmer, agro-ecologist and South African activist opposed to the efforts of a Gates Foundation-funded…
Flickr, aed10e Maybe this is getting so little media attention because it’s in Norway. At any rate, it’s worth noting…