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World Bank Group President Calls for Urgent Action on Hunger Crisis
Originally published on the World Bank Group website. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim issued the following statement on the devastating levels of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen: “Famine is a stain on our collective conscience. Millions […] Continue Reading
Women in Agriculture: The Agents of Change for the Global Food System
Originally published on the World Bank Group website. Women are the backbone of the rural economy, especially in developing countries. They make up almost half of the world’s farmers, and over the last few decades, they have broadened […] Continue Reading
Outside the box
Originally published on the CARE website. For 25 years, CARE Village Savings and Loan Associations have powered change through innovative economics. […] Continue Reading
Dreaming with eyes wide open
Originally published on the CARE website. Women in eastern Niger turn economic opportunity into personal and community transformation –revealing to a new generation what […] Continue Reading
Quality climate data at the click of a button
Originally published on the ICRISAT website. To increase the availability and accessibility of quality climate data in Mali an initiative titled ‘Enhancing National Climate Services’ (ENACTS) was launched recently. For the purpose, a workshop was held to introduce stakeholders to Mali weather station’s new data and web interface called the Mali Meteo Data Library and […] Continue Reading
“Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa
Originally published on the World Resources Institute website. More than 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity; 71 million in Kenya and Tanzania alone. Without any other options, these citizens are forced to either go without power or use kerosene, an expensive and oftentimes dangerous fuel that pollutes the air and […] Continue Reading