Map of Global Food Retailers

Impressive graphic from the Convergence Alimentaire 

EARTH SUMMIT at Columbia University

For those readers in NY, make sure you sign up for a great event I'm helping organize:

Columbia Earth Summit: A Call to Action
April 25, 2012 12:30-6:00pm
Low Memorial Library

As we face a growing number of environmental challenges, we believe that the solutions will come from partnerships between public, private and academic sectors. On April 25, 2012 at Columbia University experts, thought

Grains and Leaves: Weekly Ag-Related News, Events, and Others

My piece on Earth Institute blog State of the Planet: Growing Food, Protecting the Land in Africa
From Science Daily: Feeding the World While Protecting the Planet: Global Plan for Sustainable Agriculture
Great piece by Roger Thurow: Outrage and Inspire - "Food Aid's Evolution: Landing a One-Two Punch Against Hunger"



EcoAgriculture blog also has a list of things about how to feed the world:

PBS's New Hour on Program to Help African Farmers Reach New Markets

Watch Business Fund Puts African Farmers on Road to Market on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

HIghlights from The Economist "Feeding the World" Conference

Find out more information about this great even HERE

Clemens' False Dichotomy about Debates in Development

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend  NYU's conference “Debates in Development.”
The agenda included Yaw Nyarko and William Easterly from NYU's Development Research Institute, Stewart Paperin, Open Society Foundations, Bernadette Wanjala, Tilburg University Development Research Institute; Andrew Rugasira, Founder and Chairman, Good African Coffee; Abhijit Banerjee, MIT's Poverty