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Anonymous's blog Next Generation Delegation 2014 Commentary Series By Patrick Bell, PhD candidate in Environmental Science at Ohio State University and 2014 Next Generation Delegate At The Chicago Council’s Global Food Security Symposium 2014, discus ...


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Anonymous's blog REUTERS/Rogan Ward There’s a Place in the World that is Fighting Poverty with Solar Power 19 percent of the global population lives without access to electricity. In Africa, that number is 58 percent. But solar power is now leapfrogg ...


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Anonymous's blog This post originally appeared on the Lincoln Journal Star. By Doug Bereuter, Cochair, The Chicago Council's Global Agricultural Development Initiative; President Emeritus, The Asia Foundation During my service in the US Congress ...



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Anonymous's blog This post originally appeared on The Hill. By Former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) There is growing consensus that the two issues that will define the lives of future generations are climate change and food security. At this week’s United ...


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Anonymous's blog Next Generation Delegation 2014 Commentary Series By Silvano Assanga Ocheya, PhD Candidate in Plant Breeding at Texas A&M University and 2014 Next Generation Delegate Climate change and food and nutritional security are inextrica ...


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Anonymous's blog   At the UN Climate Summit on September 23, 2014 in New York, global leaders came together to announce bold commitments and catalyze action on climate change in an effort to reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobili ...


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Anonymous's blog Climate-Smart Farmers Get Tech Savvy to Save India's Breadbasket Erratic weather, rising temperatures, declining water resources, and labor shortages are threatening India's breadbasket state of Haryana, forcing farmers to ...


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Anonymous's blog Next Generation Delegation 2014 Commentary Series By Jennie Lane, DVM, Master of Public Health from University of California, Berkeley and 2014 Next Generation Delegate   I felt fortunate to attend The Chicago Council’s Global Food S ...


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Anonymous's blog   REUTERS/Siegfried Modola Livestock Insurance Could Protect Cattle-Herders in Africa from Drought Index-Based Livestock Insurance, being piloted in Kenya, uses data from satellite imagery to assess the impact of drought on the veget ...