Recently, the US Department of State and US Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched foreignassistance.gov, a “dashboard” designed to provide a view of foreign assistance funding, and allow users… Read more »
At the 2011 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, global industry leaders presented a report entitled: “Realizing The New Vision for Agriculture: A roadmap for stakeholders,” an action agenda designed to… Read more »
On January 22 during his opening address to the Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit, World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy emphasized that trade plays an important role in addressing the challenges… Read more »
In January, Global Harvest Initiative member Archer Daniels Midland Company founded the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss with a US$10 million grant to the University of Illinois… Read more »
CNN International’s weekly television program “African Voices” recently profiled DanielYohannes, Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The program follows Yohannes from his beginnings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to becoming… Read more »
In November, HarvestPlus, a non-profit organization representing more than 20 countries held the First Global Conference on Biofortification in Washington, D.C. With more than 300 participants, the event drew attention… Read more »
For many here in the U.S., Thanksgiving is a holiday to gather with friends and family over good and abundant food, and reflect upon the things that we can be… Read more »
In November, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) launched a new crop calendar for 43 African countries that advises farmers about which crops to plant and when according… Read more »
The Global Harvest Initiative has partnered with Farm Foundation, NFP to launch the Global Agricultural Productivity Network (GAP Network), a new project to examine global agricultural productivity growth, and to… Read more »
“Despite the huge importance of agriculture to Africa’s economies, the continent’s commercial banks typically extend less than 3 percent of their lending to this sector. We must make this right;… Read more »
