Author: borderjumpers

Crossposted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard PollackThe majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa– in some areas up to 80 percent– are women. The average female farmer in the region is responsible...

Crossposted from BorderJumpers.org, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. This piece was originally featured on Cheapflights. We understand why Barack and Michelle Obama made Ghana their first stop on the African continent....

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. In addition to hoes and shovels, more and more farmers in sub-Saharan Africa carry another agricultural “tool”: a cell phone.Over the last...

Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. Bugs. When I remember of Zambia, I think of bugs. It started when a mysterious little creature bit Dani on the side of the head,  we spent hours...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Production, Finance, and Technology (PROFIT) program in Lusaka, Zambia, is different from other...