A year or so ago, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, set out to undertake first-of-its-kind research to better understand wasted food in cities. …
As delivered on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Des Moines, Iowa. Thank you, Ken. I don’t know what to say after that extraordinary introduction, other than while we do all have …
This week, Heads of States gather in New York City at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to take stock on progress towards the Sustainable Development …
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. SDG 12 seeks to …
Last week at this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the …
Last year, The Rockefeller Foundation began to tackle a major African food security challenge: the problem of cassava spoilage. Fresh cassava roots rot exceptionally quickly. With deterioration starting between 24-72 hours …
Four prominent organizations supporting African agriculture join forces in innovative strategic partnership to increase incomes and improve the food security of 30 million smallholder farm households in at least 11 African …
If one were to travel through the vast lush lands of Uganda and come across Kongoidi village, nestled between Bukedea and Mbale district, here you will stumble upon Demetria.
The 70 …
This report is one of three Innovation Scan reports the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) produced in 2016 to support the YieldWise Initiative, a Rockefeller Foundation supported effort to demonstrate a …
This report is one of three Innovation Scan reports produced in 2016 to support the YieldWise Initiative, a Rockefeller Foundation supported effort to demonstrate a halving of post-harvest food loss …