US Goverment Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative

We keep seeing more signs that the Obama administration is prioritizing their food secutity strategy, making sure it incorporates the views of a diversed group of stakeholders. This strong, well-funded global food security strategy seems to be the bargaining chip Obama will bring to the table at UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in early December, given that a comprehensive climate bill

IFPRI Report: Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development

Check out this recent report published by IFPRI on Ag Development: Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development. The timing could be better. Just a couple weeks ago FAO announced that food production will have to increase 70% by 2050. The report identifies about 20 successes across the developing world, spanning from interventions enhancing productivity to combating diseases and

The Miracle of the two Potatoes

Washingtonians: IFPRI-Oxfam America Panel Discussion -- "The Other Green Revolution"

For those in the DC area, check out the presentation below:IFPRI and Oxfam America are pleased to invite you to the followingPanel Discussion, which will be held in IFPRI's fourth floorconference facility located at 2033 K Street, NW (entrance to buildingon 21st street between K & L streets). Please feel free to share thisannouncement with your colleagues.  Kindly RSVP to Simone Hill-Lee(Tel:

Crop Profile: Maya Nut (Ojoche) Local Solutions to Hunger

Hola reader,I'm finally back from a short trip to Nicaragua and after catching up with the usual work that piles up while abroad, I wanted to blog about some exciting things happening in agriculture and the food security debate, foreign aid, and my garden.

But first, I wanted to tell you about Ramon, or Ojoche as he likes to be called in Nicaragua. Ojoche is a tropical tree endemic to most areas