Isabel DoCampo's blog Chester County Food Bank agricultural director Bill Shick covers a hydroponic growing bed holding lettuce inside a "tunnel" greenhouse, where the program grows seedlings, in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Sam Dryden, Senior Fellow, Imperial College London, former Director of Agricultural Development, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation By 2030, half of Africans will live in cities. For those of us ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is pleased to introduce the 2016 Next Generation Delegates. This year’s Delegation is comprised of 19 outstanding students from universities across the United States and around the world stu ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings, and Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation Accounting for 32 percent of Africa’s gross domestic product and employing over 65 percent of its labor force, agriculture represents Africa& ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog growingfood_reuters_560x320_0.jpg The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ new report, Growing Food for Growing Cities: Transforming Food Systems in an Urbanizing World, was released today at the Global Food Security Symposium 2 ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Paul Weisenfeld, Executive Vice President, RTI International The global community continues to make progress increasing the food supply in order to feed a surging population. Undernourishment is steadily decreasing, and food ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Krysta Harden, Vice President of Public Policy and Chief Sustainability Officer, DuPont Escalating urbanization, one of the most complex and defining global trends of our time, will intensify food security challenges in yea ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Chris Policinski, President and CEO, Land O’Lakes, Inc The industry of agriculture has a great story to tell—so great, in fact, we couldn’t make up a better one if we tried. It is an industry that is growing in size, driven b ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Joe Stone, Animal Nutrition, Cargill Our generation faces grand challenges—we have a unique opportunity to address the intersections of food security, sustainability, and nutrition. In order to meet short-term needs and lon ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Niklas Buehren, Economist, and Rachel Coleman, Analyst, World Bank Small-scale farmers are the heart of Africa’s agricultural production. Their tireless labor has the potential to generate growth, reduce poverty, and increa ...
