mh_ethiopia-pm_870x480.jpg John Cookson's blog The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his role in ending a 20-year military stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In fact, the historic rapprochement is just one ...
Julia Whiting's blog The global soybean revolution is under way, and the development community recognizes the potential for soybean technologies to raise incomes and reduce malnutrition. Soybean has been the fastest growing crop for the last 20 years ...
Molly Meyer's blog Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, a former health minister of Rwanda, takes a minute to answer questions about Rwanda’s health system and the lessons other countries can learn from its success rebuilding after the 1994 genocide. Wait Just a M ...
Julia Whiting's blog Worldwide production of soybean has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.68 percent since 1961, while African production levels are rising 48 percent faster at a rate of 6.84 percent per year. Yet, African producers ...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 65 percent of arable land suffers from soil degradation. The most extensive data on soils in Africa is grounded in soil mapping done in the 1950s and 1960s—60 to 70 years ago—which suggests that the problem could be even worse than ...
Julia Whiting's blog Editor's Note: The Chicago Council is pleased to launch a new blog series, “Breaking Ground,” to explore how food systems innovation and agricultural research and development can empower farmers and feed the world. A specia ...
Julia Whiting's blog The Chicago Council Global Food and Agriculture Program is pleased to announce a new blog series featuring perspectives from our Next Generation Delegation Alumni on the food security effects of COVID-19. Our second piece is from ...
Julia Whiting's blog Photo: Anne Thurow As the coronavirus advances through Africa, a line that is nestled in the middle of my book, The First 1,000 Days, needs to be elevated to headline status: “Only 8 percent of Uganda’s population had a handwa ...
Julia Whiting's blog The Chicago Council is pleased to launch a new blog series, “Breaking Ground,” to explore how food systems innovation and agricultural research and development can empower farmers and feed the world. A special subsection of our s ...
Julia Whiting's blog The Chicago Council is pleased to launch a new blog series, “Breaking Ground,” to explore how food systems innovation and agricultural research and development can empower farmers and feed the world. A special subsection of our s ...
