The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in over half a century, and nearly five million people face…
Consortium News Archive for August, 2011
ICRISAT breeds improved plant varieties for Kenyan farmers
Kenya’s NTV station reported on ICRISAT‘s work in Kenya: With 19 scientists in the East and Southern Africa Region, ICRISAT’s…
How many pictures of dead cattle does it take?
Kenya. Dadaab refugee camp. Starving Somali’s are fleeing at a rate of some 1,000 a day. At a makeshift cattle…
The importance of dryland agro-ecosystems
Almost all of the Middle East, more than a third of Africa, and half of India are considered “dryland”. This…
“Harvest and Hunger”
In his blogpost “Harvest and Hunger”, senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy at The Chicago Council on Global…