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How a Kenyan TV Series is Helping Farmers Improve Productivity, Increase Income
Shamba Shape Up is a Kenyan television series helping small-scale farmers give their farms a makeover. It is the first television program of its kind, dedicated to helping small-scale farmers learn about a variety of issues including irrigation, pest control, and financial management. The Shamba team is made up of veterinarians, agronomists, and crop specialists.
Animal Lovers Use Biotech to Develop Milk Made by Man Instead of a Cow
Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi, the co-founders of Muufri, are crafting a plant-based concoction that’s nearly identical in taste and nutritional makeup to cow’s milk. They’ve gone so far as to modify sunflower oil to take on a structural composition similar to milk fats. Muufri is a start-up that hopes to fashion lab-brewed milk as an alternative to milk from animals.
Turning Agricultural Residues and Manure into Bioenergy
Analysis finds that by 2030, US farmers could sustainably produce up to 155 million tons of crop residues, many times the current level of production. The right policies, practices, and investments will help these clean energy sources realize their potential—with huge benefits for farmers, communities, and the environment.
Unearthed: Can This GMO Save Our Oceans?
Scientists at DuPont have genetically modified a yeast to produce omega-3 fatty acid, essential to human health and previously available in meaningful quantity only from marine sources. If we can grow EPA and DHA in the lab without having to catch any fish at all, isn’t that a boon for mankind? The question for any consumer deciding about this is: Do you think it’s safe?
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Blogroll
1,000 Days Blog, 1,000 Days
Africa Can End Poverty, World Bank
Agrilinks Blog
Bread Blog, Bread for the World
Can We Feed the World Blog, Agriculture for Impact
Concern Blogs, Concern Worldwide
Institute Insights, Bread for the World Institute
End Poverty in South Asia, World Bank
Global Development Blog, Center for Global Development
The Global Food Banking Network
Harvest 2050, Global Harvest Initiative
The Hunger and Undernutrition Blog, Humanitas Global Development
International Food Policy Research Institute News, IFPRI
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Blog, CIMMYT
ONE Blog, ONE Campaign
One Acre Fund Blog, One Acre Fund
Overseas Development Institute Blog, Overseas Development Institute
Oxfam America Blog, Oxfam America
Preventing Postharvest Loss, ADM Institute
Sense & Sustainability Blog, Sense & Sustainability
WFP USA Blog, World Food Program USA
Archive
Global Food for Thought: Cow Virtual Reality | Predicting Water Conflict | Banking on Biodiversity
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Guest Commentary - USAID’s Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab is Working Across the Value Chain to Enable the Advancement of Soybean Development in Africa
Soybean has been the fastest growing crop for the last 20 years. Despite soybeans having a long history in Africa, soybean yields have increased very little over the last half century, especially when compared to the U.S. and Brazil. Through a number of targeted interventions, the Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois has been working to change that.
Featured Commentary - Investment in Crop Insurance Can De-Risk Small-Holder Farming: A Missing Ingredient for Global Stability
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Global Food for Thought: Indoor Farming | Climate Atlas | Investment in Asia
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Global Food for Thought: Ebola Vaccine | Poultry Exports | Prize President
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Global Food for Thought: Trade Deal | Chickpeas | Innovation
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Global Food for Thought: Apples | Research Funding | Greenhouses
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Global Food for Thought: Cocoa Certification | Wholesale Waste | Micronutrients
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I am Gita
Roger Thurow's essay "I Am Gita" from The End of Hunger, edited by Jenny Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani.
Global Food For Thought - Celebrating the World Food Prize
Take a deep dive into the "Nobel Prize of Food and Agriculture!"
Featured Commentary - How Foreign Aid Boosts the Economy Back Home
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Global Food for Thought: Rural Girls | Avian Flu | Drought
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Known Origins - What Traceability is and Why it Matters for Your Plate
Non-Resident Fellow Mark Kaplan introduces the concept of supply chain traceability.
India's Mandate for Agricultural Reform
Chicago Council President Emeritus Marshall M. Bouton discusses challenges facing Indian agriculture and potential reforms to meet the government's goal of doubling farmer incomes by 2022.