Anonciata Mbakirirehe of Kayenzi, Rwanda, stands amid her newly germinated maize. She looks forward to a good harvest at the end of the season. Photo by Hailey Tucker. Photo courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. One Acre Fund is an NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania that helps 137,000 smallholder farmers grow their own way out of poverty by providing a "market bundle" that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market access.
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The Global Food and Agriculture Program aims to inform the development of US policy on global agricultural development and food security by raising awareness and providing resources, information, and policy analysis to the US Administration, Congress, and interested experts and organizations.
The Global Food and Agriculture Program is housed within the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an independent, nonpartisan organization that provides insight – and influences the public discourse – on critical global issues. The Council on Global Affairs convenes leading global voices and conducts independent research to bring clarity and offer solutions to challenges and opportunities across the globe. The Council is committed to engaging the public and raising global awareness of issues that transcend borders and transform how people, business, and governments engage the world.
Support for the Global Food and Agriculture Program is generously provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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
Guest Commentary: Africa, Israel Exploring a Joint Agriculture Innovation Center
Israel, widely acknowledged as a world leader in agricultural development, especially in arid areas, is coming forward to develop, adapt and transfer appropriate technologies and practices to partners across Africa.
Guest Commentary - Experts Reveal Priority Actions to Transform Food System at COP24
This week experts met in Poland for the United Nations climate conference COP24 to discuss steps needed to transform the global food system.
Featured Commentary: A Fish Story That Connects Trade and Development
American soy farmers know that investment in developing economies today builds US soy’s customers for tomorrow. In this way, trade improves lives worldwide for both farmers and consumers.
Guest Commentary - Transforming Agriculture to Unleash the Regenerative Power of Nature
As the most biodiverse region on the planet, Latin America is positioned to show the world how biodiversity can be a core source of agricultural productivity and profitability.
Guest Commentary - Kombucha for Crops: How Fermenting Natural Microbes Can Keep Pests Away
Scientists have found naturally-occurring microbes that have pesticide-like qualities in diverse locations around the world—from the rainforests of Indonesia to a peach orchard in California.
Guest Commentary - Closing the Gap with Impact Investing: Reassuring Trust in the Sustainable Development Goals
Council intern and New York University student Lauren Stadler writes about the complexities and opportunities in achieving SDG2.
Featured Commentary - Catalyzing Change: How a Small Business Cracked into African Markets
John Willard III, CEO of CAW Industries, Inc., saw a great business opportunity for their product in Africa. But their capability as a small-sized company to successfully enter into agricultural markets on the African continent does not have to be unique.
Guest Commentary - Yogurt, Fish, and Cubed Fruit to Fix the Food System
Diets are rapidly changing, but these new options can have severe consequences on health.
A New Tool in the Fight Against Malnutrition
Traditional methods of evaluating childern for malnurition can be uncomfortable for the child and subject to human error. But 3D imagery technology offers a new way to gather data.
The Difference a Decade Can Make: Reflections from Rwanda
A lot can change in a decade-It was just over 10 years ago that the world was reeling from high fuel and fertilizer prices, food price spikes and related civil unrest.