By Lisa Stiffler, special correspondent One of the world’s leading advocates of the need for agricultural reform in Africa, speaking…
Calestous Juma is a funny guy. The Harvard University professor of international development is author of The New Harvest, a…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and Farming First have produced this interactive graphic showing how women pull their…
Bill Gates, speaking in Rome today at the International Fund for Agricultural Development meeting, says the current approach to improving…
Interpress News Service has published this short two-part series exploring the connection between the current “land grab” in Africa and…
It has become a mantra in aid and development circles today to say that empowering girls is the single most…
A 5-step plan to save the planet sounds ridiculous, I know. But, as they say, even the longest journey begins…
You can’t get very far trying to improve people’s health, reduce poverty or empower the poor without food. This week…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has done a lot to boost the science and delivery of vaccines for human…
Part of the reason many farming communities in Africa are poor is because they lack ready access to valuable information…