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Cross posted from Border Jumpers. Zambians take great pride in their local foods and–thankfully for us–many of their traditional dishes are vegetarian. Pictured here is Danielle trying “nshima” which is a...

Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet.Check out the most recent issue of the journal Science which takes a look at ways to improve food security as the world’s population is expected to top 9 billion by 2050. To best...

Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is holding the third global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum this week in Rome, Italy. The Forum–which brings together...

Kenyan farmers persevere despite cultivation challenges By Nancy Karanja, Danielle Nierenberg and Mary Njenga Omaha World-Herald http://www.omaha.com/article/20100215/NEWS0802/702159997/-1/NEWS08 Karanja is a professor at the...

Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet. In Maputo, Mozambique I had the opportunity to sit in on a workshop organized by Prolinnova, the Spanish NGO Centro de Iniciativas para la Cooperación/Batá, and the National...