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Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
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This Week's Edition of the Global Food for Thought News Brief
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Guest Commentary- Want to Make Agriculture Attractive for Africa’s Youth? More Bitumen Please.
Much of the conversation on making agriculture sexy for Africa’s youth is focused on increasing the profitability of the sector. However, new research tends to indicate that it’s not all just about money.
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Guest Commentary- Unlocking Women's Business Creativity
For some business women in Liberia, pursuing their most creative ideas is too risky; the margins between prosperity and poverty in this informal economy are paper-thin. What solutions could unlock their entrepreneurship potential?
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India’s Emerging Agrarian Crisis
We are pleased to announce a new occasional blog series, Cultivating Tomorrow: Indian Agriculture Challenged, by Marshall M. Bouton, president emeritus of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The series will examine the state of Indian agriculture today and its areas of progress and challenge.
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Guest Commentary- Blockchain and the Future of Agricultural Markets
Blockchain stands to alleviate poverty while improving food security prospects for everyone, according to Elizabeth Leake of STEM-Trek.
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Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
Blog
This Week's Edition of the Global Food for Thought News Brief
Check out this week's news brief.
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Guest Commentary- Disability and Agriculture
For farmers with disabilities, access to water, land, and essential information about agricultural management is even more difficult. Tatenda Ndambakuwa, a 2018 Next Generation Delegate, asks: How can agricultural opportunities be accessed by a wide variety of people with disabilities?
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Guest Commentary- What Can We Learn from Increasing Rice Production in Senegal?
With high levels of unemplyemnet, being a young person in Africa right now isn’t easy. However, opportunities to increase the local production of staple crops could provide much needed employment prospects by creating businesses that add value to the processing of crops.