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A farmer harvests his wheat crop in a field in the Beheira governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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1,000 Days Blog, 1,000 Days
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End Poverty in South Asia, World Bank
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The Global Food Banking Network
Harvest 2050, Global Harvest Initiative
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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
The first post in the 2018 Next Generation blog series is by Craig Robinson, PhD candidate at the Australian National University.
Orinoquia represents a rare opportunity to make decisions that are good for both the population and the planet.
When rural girls are not safe, there will not be lasting global peace and security.
In order to generate the projected trillions of dollars in economic growth gender equality can bring, we must first ensure that girls stay in school.
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
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Millions of rural girls have yet to receive the education, financial resources, and public health investments that they need in order to rise beyond poverty. Before economic gains can be realized, global leaders must invest in girls.
While those with unlimited access to the digital world are gradually adapting to new job markets, those without exposure are falling behind in the technical skills necessary to stay competitive.
When investment in rural educataion and infastrucure lags, we are holding girls back—and holding back economic growth for us all.
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Rural women and girls can be actors for climate resilience rather than victims of inequality and circumstance—if given the right resources.
Conversations on climate change are usually peppered with industrial terms: greenhouse gases, industry offsets, carbon credits. But one of the most powerful levers to reduce climate change remains largely overlooked: empowering girls through education.
Just as monitoring a person’s blood can tell us a lot about their health, so can monitoring water quality, animal and plant life, and river conditions tell us a lot about the state of a catchment and the critical pressures on a river.
