- Until June 2012 I was the Desk Manager Africa at Wageningen international, of Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands. I have since retired. I have been active in Partnership Development and in Capacity Strengthening with knowledge institutes in Sub- Sahara Africa. My background…
- Every five years the federal government issues advice on what constitutes a healthy diet, through by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC). The newly proposed Dietary Guidelines for the first time recognizes the unequivocal connections between the health of humans and the planet.…
- On March 9th, Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development launched its third call for game changing innovations to increase water availability and promote efficient use of water in agriculture. The Challenge will be accepting applications now through May 22 at 5pm EST. Between…
- Under the Strategic Framework, FAO has made resilience a corporate priority. Its approach focuses on supporting people, institutions and state systems to absorb, adapt and transform when confronted with shocks and threats affecting their food security and agriculture-based livelihoods. In…
- Prolinnova India completed three years of its existence as member of the global network. We learnt much from fellow members and tried to contribute to strengthening our network and bringing its message to more people. Innovation processes and Participatory Innovation Development are much…
- Adapting to the trend of open data, promoting agricultural data sharing and application - those are a few of the problems that six teams aimed to tackle at a Hackathon during November 18th to 20th 2014 in the Agricultural Information Institute (AII) of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural…