What an amazing week this has been! I’m leaving Iowa today with an enhanced perspective on the role of agriculture in not only feeding families, but as an economic activity. For my friends and family still in Uganda, agriculture is more than a way of life; indeed, agriculture’s obvious role is to provide necessary nutrition. Crucially, we need to begin reorienting our thinking about agriculture, particularly in places like Africa, where agriculture is an opportunity to prosper if we are open-minded about scientific farming practices and embracing new technologies. Most importantly, I’m leaving today with a profound sense of pride . . . [more]
At the World Food Prize symposium in Iowa today, I’ve been listening to renowned experts, practitioners, and innovators from around the world discuss critical issues of food and hunger and how each intersects with the global development agenda. In a session called “Take it to the Farmer: Reaching the World’s Smallholders,” speakers shared strategies of boosting household food production, including the imperative to improve and expand Africa’s infrastructure in order to enable Africa’s farmers with the marketplace.
In both the formal presentations and in the hallways between sessions, I have been very much struck by the fact that there is widespread . . . [more]
Yesterday, May 30, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Mwandama, Malawi. While there he had the opportunity to meet with local community members first hand and to see and hear about how they are pursuing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a very practical day-to-day reality. On the occasion of his visit, Mr. Ban was also presented with the first major scientific report on progress after three years of MVP activity, in a publication entitled . . . [more]
In the effort to end malaria deaths, Nigeria is square one: it is Africa’s most populated country, and represents one quarter of the continent’s malaria burden. The climate and topography of this West African country support a prolific mosquito presence that transmits malaria unrelentingly throughout the year, leading to arguably the most virulent malaria environment on the planet.
When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued the goal of ensuring universal access . . . [more]
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