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Agriculture, Compost, Farmers, Fish, Fuel, Livestock, Soil, Waste
By Kim Kido
In sub-Saharan Africa where nearly a third of the population is hungry, over a quarter of food produced is lost to spoilage. And the hundreds of millions of livestock on the continent are responsible for degrading almost half of crop land on the continent, which makes up over one-third of overgrazed lands worldwide. ...
Aug 02
By Matt Styslinger
Poor farmers in rural areas often cannot afford expensive seeds and fertilizers, and they lack access to far away markets to sell their crops. Agricultural supply dealers and extension services do not reach many areas—the average farmer in sub-Saharan Africa has to travel more than 10 kilometers to reach an agro-dealer. While aid ...
Jul 12
Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Women
By Matt Styslinger
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
Microcredit is the lending of small loans to the very poor to allow them to start or expand small entrepreneurial projects. In order to bring financing appropriate for ...
May 31
Africa, Agriculture, Conservation, Farmers, sub-Saharan Africa
By Amanda Strickler
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
Before synthetic fertilizers, machinery, and fossil fuels became the quick-fixes for improving agricultural production, what did famers do? Many of them reassessed their ...
May 17
Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Drought, Erosion, Farmers, Niger, Nourishing the Planet, Soil
By Molly Theobald
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
Throughout the Sahel, recurrent drought, deforestation, and over-farming, is turning once lush farm land into desert. And when the sand starts spreading, it can ...
Apr 26
Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Development, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Food, Food Security, Health, Hunger, Women
By Amanda Strickler
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
The Nourishing the Planet team has cited several success stories in agriculture coming from Kibera—the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Residents in the slum ...
Apr 19
Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Development, Diet, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Health, Hunger, Income, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Nutrition, organic
Article on Sustainable Agriculture Features International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, Abdou Tenkouano Apr 05
Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Development, Diet, Education, Environment, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Health, Hunger, Income
Innovations in Urban Agriculture Promote Food Security. Features Urban Harvest, ECHO Farms & the Resource Centers on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) Mar 29
Africa, Agriculture, Children, Development, Diet, Education, Environment, Food, Food Security, Health, Hunger, Income, Nutrition, State of the World 2011
Teaching younger generations of Africans how they can improve their livelihoods through school gardens features CARE International, Slow Food International, One Campaign Mar 22
Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Compost, Conservation, Development, Diet, Education, Farmers, Farmers Groups, Food, Food Security, Funding, Health, Hunger, Income, Indigenous
Pest Management Through Crop Rotation, Intercropping & Crop Diversity. Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Mar 15
Africa, Agriculture, Diet, Environment, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Health, Hunger, Income, Markets, Nourishing the Planet, Poverty
By Andrew Boyd
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
For many farmers, growing enough crops to feed their family and have a surplus is only the first step. Getting the food to the ...
Mar 07
Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Farmers, Farmers Groups, Food, Food Security, Hunger, Nourishing the Planet
By Supriya Kumar
Farmers are a wealth of information. Many have developed skills and knowledge that others might benefit from to improve harvests and livelihoods. Organizations like the Africa Rice Center, are helping farmers to share skills and knowledge with each other across great distances and language barriers.
Through the use of farmer to farmer videos, the ...
Mar 01
Africa, Agriculture, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Fuel, State of the World 2011, Stove, sub-Saharan Africa, Water, Women
By Molly Theobald
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
For half the world’s population, every meal depends on an open fire that is fueled by wood, coal, animal dung, and other materials. These ...
Feb 22
Africa, Agriculture, Development, Environment, Farmers, Farmers Groups, Food, Food Security, Hunger, Policy, Poverty
By Evelyn Drawec
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question, and every week you can join the conversation!
Many farmers throughout sub-Saharan Africa are isolated geographically from the large cities where policy-makers and politicians make decisions. According to the International Fund for ...
Feb 15
Africa, Agriculture, Conservation, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Hunger, Nourishing the Planet
By Supriya Kumar
In 1996, members of La Via Campesina, an organization that defends the values and basic interests of agricultural workers, coined the term “food sovereignty” to bring attention to the growing distance between farmers and the food they grow. Small farmers often suffer from unfair agricultural policies and the idea behind food sovereignty ...
Feb 08
By Christina Bonanni
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
Malnutrition is caused when there is an insufficient intake of the nutritious foods an individual needs to grow and functional normally, ...
Feb 01
Africa, Agriculture, Food, Food Security, Hunger, Income, Innovation, Technology, Transportation
By Andrew Boyd
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
For those familiar with the hustle of urban life, it should come as no surprise that per capita GDP is directly correlated with the ...
Jan 25
Africa, Agriculture, Environment, Food, Food Security, Hunger, Sustainable, Urban Farming, Waste
By Mara Schechter
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
The world food crisis is far from over, as David Beckmann, President of Bread for the World, explained during Nourishing the Planet’s State of ...
Jan 18
Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Diet, Food, Food Security, Health, Hunger, Income, Innovation, Sustainable, Waste, Water
By Janeen Madan
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question, and every week you can join the conversation!
Roughly 40 percent of the food produced globally spoils before it even reaches the table. With a large share of the human population undernourished, ...
Jan 11
Africa, Agriculture, carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Compost, Conservation, Development, Diet, Drought, Economy, Education, Environment, Farmers, Food, Food Security
By Matt Styslinger
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation!
As world population and incomes continue to grow, food systems are increasingly stressed. Unprecedented demand for agricultural products and shrinking land and water resources ...
