We can make food aid more sustainable not by giving away Western food, but by working with local farmers and creating a market for their crops in the region. ONE Agriculture Fellow Roger Thurow reports. Ten years after the Ethiopian famine of 2003, when international food aid rushed in to feed 14 million people, another
This piece, by 1,000 Days Executive Director Lucy Martinez Sullivan, was originally posted on Future Fortified’s blog. In my job as the executive director of 1,000 Days, I am an advocate for mothers and children around the world. But it wasn’t until I learned I was pregnant last year and then finally welcomed my first
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After journalist-turned-agriculture activist Roger Thurow witnessed the famine in Ethiopia in 2003 first hand, he dropped everything and devoted his life to answering this mind-boggling question: Why are Africa’s small farmers some of the continent’s hungriest people? Kudos to Roger for not only being brave enough to ask this question, but for doing all the research to
Kids really, really need to start life with vitamin-rich foods if they want to grow up to be healthy, strong and productive adults. Roger Thurow shares the story of Harriet and her son Abraham. This post was originally published on The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting’s website. A mother knows. “This child is brilliant,” Harriet Okaka says
ONE agriculture policy expert David Hong and ONE Africa Deputy Director Nachilala Nkombo explain why the Grow Africa partnership could be a huge game changer for farmers and business on the continent. Today, five African heads of state, four G8 development ministers, and over 100 private sector companies will meet in Cape Town, South Africa
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