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Coffee Reform in Burundi: Same Old, Same Old SAP?
Coffee is a vital crop in Burundi. It accounts for 60-80% of the country’s export revenues, and 55% of the population is dependent on coffee growing for their livelihoods. Thus, a reform of the coffee...
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A Life In the Day of a Ugandan Woman Farmer
What does a day in your life look like? Getting up, brushing your teeth, breakfast, off to work, maybe go to the gym on your way home to justify the indulgences at the dinner party this weekend? What...
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5 Reasons to Love Lentils – Boost Your Legume Literacy!
Man, I love lentils. And chickpeas. Black beans. Give me any legume, basically, and I am a happy camper. What a typical vegetarian, you say? Well, keep reading, have a look at this Ensia article, from...
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Happy Blogiversary! And Thanks for Reading!
Image by Will Clayton, via Flickr CC. I was pretty perplexed when I realized that exactly one year ago I wrote my first post on this blog – has it already been so long? It doesn’t feel like it at all,...
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IFPRI 2013 Global Food Policy Report – What You Need to Know
They also provide a handy-dandy infographic – click through for a larger image! Every year, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) presents a report on what happened in the previous...
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Of Water and of Meat
Hi y’all, welcome to a new ‘what I’ve been reading!’ So much good information out on the internet these days… First up, National Geographic (my love) has an awesome article on The Evolution of Diet. It...
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Who Gets The Money? On Helping Africa To Feed Itself – in the US.
Philanthropy is an interesting concept. Here is one person, or a board of people, with more money to distribute than small nations have budgets. If they choose to concentrate on a topic, their impact...
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Rurban Africa: Challenges in Modernization
Another day, another lunch seminar. This time, though, with scientists! They presented a project called “RurbanAfrica“. The research questions included the following: Will agricultural modernization...
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Guess What – The Private Sector Can Help Itself!
Hey hey hey! Long time no news, eh? Sorry for that. The last week was pretty intense, but now it’s Friday and I was at a lunch conference again, which means I have interesting thoughts to report :) The...
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Can A Bamboo Revolution Increase Food Security in Ethiopia?
Whenever we think about food security, we think about grain crops, yields, and whatever ends up on your plate. However, as I already discussed in this post about efficient cooking stoves, we tend to...
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