Bill Gates has been running around this week (figuratively, anyway) saying that helping smallholder farmers in poor countries is “the…
One of the Gates Foundation’s primary goals is to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa by helping improve…
About 30 UW students held a “Hunger Banquet” Thursday evening at the Hillel Community Center, the event aimed at educating…
In case you missed it, food has played a big part in the uprising now rocking and re-shaping the Middle…
The Guardian has a good report today on the very important, but often neglected, connection between livestock in agriculture and…
With Egypt and much of the Arab world in turmoil, it’s important to consider all of the dynamics and driving…
Most Africans are farmers, but agricultural production in Africa has over the last two generations declined by 10 percent while…
More than you may think, as my Southern California Public Radio blogging colleague Leslie Berestein Rojas noted in her post…
In anticipation of an international meeting next week in South Korea that will likely focus on the global economy, currency…
Flickr, World Bank Planting in Kenya Boosting agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa is critical to the fight against poverty and…