Vitamin A deficiency blinds up to 500,000 children each year and increases the risk of disease and death, especially in…
Consortium News Archive for December, 2011
A will and a way; collective action in agricultural research
Agricultural development is not easy under any circumstances but least of all in a place like Central Africa’s Great Lakes…
Change and Innovation: climate adaptation practices
In thinking about climate adaptation, it is easy to overlook the fact that poor farmers across the tropics already possess…
From emergency to sustainability: rice
Emergency programs generally focus on short-term relief rather than on sustainable development. However, by adopting a knowledge-based approach, two emergency…
Taking charge of change: improved maize-legume systems boost food security
Improved maize–legume systems are boosting food security in eastern and southern Africa and helping lift small-scale farmers out of poverty…