Louise Iverson's blog This post originally appeared on the Development Horizons blog. By Lawrence Haddad, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute; Cochair, Global Nutrition Report To mark International Women's Day ...
Louise Iverson's blog RTR22BEK.jpg Forget about Cotton, We Could Be Making Textiles from Banana and Pineapple Cotton makes up a third of fiber consumption in the textile industry. The cotton production industry is labor intensive and involves a lot o ...
hfhw blog photo.jpg Louise Iverson's blog The Chicago Council’s campaign, “Healthy Food for a Healthy World,” builds awareness about the important role food can play in promoting health and alleviating malnutrition. We publish a blog post weekly expl ...
Louise Iverson's blog Since the global food crisis in 2008, the world has seen increased interest in agricultural development to alleviate poverty, spur economic growth, and advance food security. New research, new players, and additional resources h ...
Louise Iverson's blog By Margaret M. Zeigler, Executive Director, Global Harvest Initiative By 2050, the world’s population will increase by one-third, from 7.18 billion to 9.6 billion people. Urbanization is also accelerating. The share of people li ...
HFHW blog photo 150318.jpg Louise Iverson's blog The Chicago Council’s campaign, “Healthy Food for a Healthy World,” builds awareness about the important role food can play in promoting health and alleviating malnutrition. We publish a blog post week ...
Louise Iverson's blog bigideas.jpg Lending to Poor Farmers: Seeding the Market Microcredit outfits dealing in tiny loans have proved that the poorest of the poor can be perfectly responsible borrowers. Root Capital and other specialist lenders are sh ...
Louise Iverson's blog This post originally appeared on Agri-Pulse. Agri-Pulse and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs are teaming up to host a monthly column to explore how the US agriculture and food sector can maintain its competitive edge and ad ...
kids washing hands.jpg Louise Iverson's blog The Chicago Council’s campaign, “Healthy Food for a Healthy World,” builds awareness about the important role food can play in promoting health and alleviating malnutrition. We publish a blog post weekly e ...
Louise Iverson's blog By Sarah Small and Danielle Nierenberg March 22, World Water Day, is a day to celebrate one of the planet’s most precious resources, fresh water. But that resource is being rapidly depleted. “The world is thirsty because it is ...
