Sep 12 2017
Perspective
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 …
Sep 11 2017
Perspective
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 …
Sep 05 2017
Press Releases
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 …
Aug 25 2017
Perspective
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 …
Aug 22 2017
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 …
Food
Aug 22 2017
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 …
Food
Aug 22 2017
This report is one of three Innovation Scan reports the Global Knowledge Initiative produced in 2016 to support the YieldWise Initiative, a Rockefeller Foundation supported effort to demonstrate a halving …
Food
Aug 15 2017
Perspective
In early 2017, The Rockefeller Foundation posed a challenge to the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI), its Innovation Partner for YieldWise: How might we dramatically extend the shelf life of perishable …
Aug 10 2017
Perspective
Nigeria is Africa’s second largest tomato producer. Approximately 200,000 farmers, mostly located in 12 states, grow more than 1.8 million metric tons of tomatoes every year. This isn’t enough to …
Aug 08 2017
Perspective
As a term, “innovation” is everywhere. Headlines tout it, commercials advertise it, innumerable companies claim it. It is a term so ubiquitous, it risks becoming meaningless. Indeed, “the overuse and …