Anonymous's blog We’re excited to announce the launch of a new multi-part film series on Roger Thurow’s The Last Hunger Season. Now through October 16—coinciding with World Food Day 2014—we will be releasing new episodes from the series each week. Pa ...
Despite Africa’s vast wealth, clandestine networks of companies, conduits, and shadow governments are compromising the continent’s growth and development for personal and private gain. While global demand for resources from nations like Nigeria, Angola, So ...
A new framework for US-Africa trade relations focused on agriculture and food can advance African food security while positioning US businesses to benefit from Africa’s growing food market, which is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2030. This report prese ...
Alex Winter-Nelson is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He also serves as Director College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Science’s Office of International Pro ...
By: Ikbel Achour, Benjamin Bader, Ross Shelleman, Lisa G. Thomas, Shalini Unnikrishnan, and Kuliva Wilburn Africa has rapidly gained attention as the next investment hotspot and is being called “the final frontier.” A decade ago, the worldwide boom in inv ...
When an outbreak or natural disaster hits a community, women—both at home and in the hospital—are often the first to respond. Every country faces unique challenges, including poor training, lack of payment, and inadequate access to proper supplies includi ...
Sub-Saharan Africa has long been perceived to suffer from endemic corruption, intractable poverty, and ongoing conflict. Yet since the mid-1990s, about half of the countries in the region have enjoyed steady economic growth, significant improvements in hea ...
Kim Heys's blog devex_sweetpotatoes.jpg Roger Thurow and Chicago Council Research Associate Louise Iverson outline the important role of fortified crops in ensuring good nutrition during the first 1,000 days, for Devex’s Future Fortified series. In a ...
Kim Heys's blog This video and post originally appeared on the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Good nutrition in the first 1,000 days is vital for the growth of a child’s body and brain. Micronutrient deficiencies—lack of iron, zinc and essentia ...
Bernie Reyes's blog In the vast assembly room at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, overlooking one of the nation's premier food banking facilities, Drexton Granberry joyfully came to the end of his speech. He and 25 others were graduating fro ...
