If you know anything about African agriculture, many commonly held beliefs about the sector will easily spring to mind. Most farmers are women. Uptake of fertilizer and improved seed is low. Post harvest losses are huge. Yet according to a new project “Agriculture in Africa – Telling Facts from Myths,” the evidence upon which we base… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Development
8 VIEWS FOR THE G8: BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR AFRICAN SMALLHOLDER FARMERS (2013)
In May 2013, Agriculture for Impact and the Overseas Development Institute launched two Leaping and Learning reports. The second, ‘8 Views for the G8: Buisiness Solutions for African Smallholder Farmers’ . A collection of 12 case studies, the paper brings together the experiences of eight development NGOs of building market linkages and finding business solutions to food and nutrition… Read more »
CAN WE FEED THE WORLD: A POLICY BRIEFING (2012)
In a policy briefing by Gordon Conway based on his book, “One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed The World?” Conway addresses the broad goal of helping the one billion people who face food insecurity today. He outlines the most critical areas of policy change needed to increase food production, stabilize the environment and reduce poverty…. Read more »
CAN WE FEED THE WORLD: FACTS AND FIGURES (2012)
Perhaps you know that the Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that there are 868 million people chronically hungry in the world. But did you know that 1 in 3 children in developing countries suffer from stunted growth because they are malnourished? This and other facts and figures from Gordon Conway’s recently released book, One Billion… Read more »
AFRICA AND EUROPE: PARTNERSHIPS FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (2010)
For the first time in two generations, Africa has a real opportunity to achieve food and nutrition security through agricultural development. There is also an opportunity for Europe to play a unique and significant role, as a partner with African nations, in attaining this goal. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2009 there were 265 million… Read more »
SCIENCE AND INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT (2010)
Science and Innovation for Development is co-authored by Gordon Conway and Jeff Waage with Sara Delaney, published by UKCDS. In Science and Innovation for Development, Conway and Waage take on the topic of the crucial role that science can play in the challenge of poverty reduction – with science acting as lever for change through… Read more »
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