Workers load fertilizer into trucks from One Acre Fund's Bungoma warehouse to be delivered to farmers for our Kenya input delivery 2014.
Photo by Hailey Tucker, courtesy of the One Acre Fund blog. Working with farmers in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, One Acre Fund supplies a complete market bundle of seeds, fertilizer, training, and market support on credit—and delivers these services within walking distance of the 180,000 farmers they serve.
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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
Guest Commentary – Dear Warren: Nutrition Works
Shawn Baker, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on the Gates' Annual Letter and global progress in reducing child malnutrition.
Global Health & Global Agriculture: Emerging Diseases and Agriculture’s Expanding Footprint
In the latest in the Science, Food, and Equity series, Marcus Glassman discusses the linkages between global agriculture and emerging diseases.
Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Guest Commentary – Food Security and National Security: The Perspective of a Farmer Who Served
As part of our Food-Secure Future series, Ricky Dollison of the Farm Journal Foundation discusses the national security implications of hunger and poverty.
A Food-Secure Future: Warding Off Instability and Conflict
The second post in our Food-Secure Future series discusses the relationships between agricultural development, food security, and international security and stability.
Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Guest Commentary: The Rise of Science, Technology, and Innovation at USAID
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released a new report on science, technology, and partnerships at USAID.
A Food-Secure Future: The Promise and Power of Agricultural Development
Ahead of the Global Food Security Symposium 2017, the Council is pleased to launch a new blog series: "A Food-Secure Future."
Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Guest Commentary – From the Nation's Breadbasket: A Pastor's Call to End Hunger
John Crosby, senior pastor at the Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, Minnesota, on our role in ending hunger around the globe.
Guest Commentary – Why Business Should Care About Biodiversity Loss
Jason Clay of World Wildlife Fund on measures to reduce global biodiversity loss.