Author: borderjumpers

In this regular series we profile advisors of the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Norman Uphoff, professor of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University. Name: Norman Uphoff Affiliation:...

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Fridah Mugo and her 13 siblings grew up in a farming family in rural Kenya, where the majority of young girls are not expected to finish primary school. But,...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Madagascar, like many other African nations, “is based on rice,” says Xavier Rakontonjanahary, the Rice Breeding Coordinator at the Centre...

Cross posted from BorderJumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. Check out Food First’s most recent edition of Alternatives to the Green Revolution in Africa newsletter (AAAGRrrr!). In a piece written by Richard...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Madagascar has had more than its share of bad luck in the last year. In 2009, a military coup deposed the government. But the government wasn’t the...