Mar 29 2017
With 62.5 million tons of food wasted in the United States each year, there is much work to be done to
bring about substantial changes in the food industry that will …
Food
Mar 29 2017
Press Releases
NRI selected for an award of up to $500,000 to develop solution for increasing cassava shelf life, with the potential to enhance food security and increasing income for millions of …
Mar 29 2017
Press Releases
Nairobi, March 29th 2017 - Over 600 delegates have converged in Nairobi today to launch the first ever All Africa Post-Harvest Congress. The three-day event, whose theme is “Reducing Food …
Mar 13 2017
Perspective
Late last week, SXSW—the Austin-based conference and festival that explores the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries—made a bold statement.
In an ambitious blog post at the start of …
Feb 27 2017
Perspective
In July of 2016 I traveled to Iringa town, one of the largest maize producing regions in Tanzania. Iringa has a beautiful landscape, surrounded by rocky hills with gold maize …
Feb 27 2017
Perspective
Food loss occurs when crops rot before they reach markets. This is usually due to inefficiencies in the post-harvest management system, in the form of poor harvesting and handling methods, …
Feb 27 2017
Perspective
Just months after I became president of The Rockefeller Foundation, New Orleans experienced one of the worst disasters in American history: Hurricane Katrina.
While we did what we could to help …
Jan 31 2017
Perspective
A version of this post original appeared on Zilient.org. Imagine that with just one click you could access a destination where you could learn of a groundbreaking new technology; participate in …
Jan 23 2017
Perspective
To better prepare for the effects of climate change and severe natural disasters, city leaders are prioritizing resilience planning. New research from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), …
Jan 10 2017
Perspective
We’ve all been there. Do we choose the apple or the cookie? The gym or the couch? The new shoes or the savings account? We often know what we should …