Stephan Tanda

World Sight Day: A See Change

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Vitamin Angels, Blindness, Unicef, Dsm, Copenhagen Consensus, Public Health, Vitamin a Deficiency, Zinc Deficiency, Child Health, Stephan Tanda, Anne Sullivan, World Health Organization, Helen Keller International, Micronutrients, Healthcare Policy, World Food Programme, Sight and Life, World Sight Day, Impact News
Stephan B. Tanda

Given the tremendous personal, economic and societal loss that occurs as a consequence of preventable blindness, it is unacceptable that more is not being done.

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Green Revolution Can Provide Food and Fuel

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Population, Industrial Revolution, Biofuels, Industrial Biotechnology, Dsm, Biochemistry, Green Revolution, Bric, Stephan Tanda, Biomass, Fossil Fuels, Green Industrial Revolution, Environment, Oil, Sustainability, Food, Climate Change, Green News
Stephan B. Tanda

The human race will be around in a hundred years, even if oil won't -- in a big way at least. We will have long gone back to living off the land by that point, just as we did before the modern industrial revolution changed life seemingly irrevocably.

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It Takes a Global Society to Feed a Child

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children, Social Security, Physical Security, Economy, Dsm, Non-Profit, United Nations, Green, Globalization, Innovation, Hidden Hunger, Business, Wealth Gap, Stephan Tanda, Financial Regulations, Government, National Security, Climate Change, Private Sector, Poor, World Food Programme, Society, Development, Food Price, World Economic Forum, Low-Carbon, Poverty, Africa, Tunisia, Food Crisis, Speculation, Malnutrition, Tanda, Rich, Agriculture Reform, Csr, Argiculture, Undernutrition, Davos, Hunger, Education, Child, Nutrition, Health, Ngos, Protests, Market Speculation, Hillary Clinton, Civil Strife, Millennium Development Goals, Food Security, Impact News
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When delegates convene at the World Economic Forum this week in Davos, I hope that one positive result of the food price crisis will be the recognition that we cannot succeed in a failing world.

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Ending World Hunger for the Price of a Burger

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Resources, Population, Grain, Resource Scarcity, Agriculture, United Nations, World Bank, Hidden Hunger, Diet, Development Assistance, Stephan Tanda, Government, Staple Foods, Vitamins, World Health Organization, Maize, Private Sector, World Food Programme, Minerals, Development, Population Growth, Poverty, Hamburger, Corn, Malnutrition, Child Malnutrition, Hunger, Rice, Burger, Health, Nutrition, International Food Policy Research Institute, Food Prices, Civil Society, Food Fortification, World News
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While world coffers grew from a mere $1.35 trillion dollars in 1960 to over $60 trillion today, the number of empty stomach reached record levels. Tod...

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A Market Solution to Help the World's Poor?

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Dsm, United Nations, Innovation, International Finance Corporation, Hidden Hunger, Business, Stephan Tanda, South Africa, Vitamins, Base of the Pyramid, Micronutrients, Poverty Reduction, Minerals, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Development, Poverty Alleviation, Poverty, Social Innovation, Ecommerce, World Resources Institute, Developing Countries, Malnutrition, New York, Mdgs, Trade, Nutrition, Millennium Development Goals, Health, Bangladesh, Global Poverty, Free Market, Food Fortification, World News
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Is there a real business in helping the world's poor? According to the World Resources Institute and the International Finance Corporation, there is.

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Haiti: Human foundation key to recovery

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chile, Millenium Development Goal, Wfp, Public-Private Partnerships, United Nations, World Bank, Economic Development, Public/Private Partnerships, Malnutrition, Hidden Hunger, Stephan Tanda, Dsm, Undernutrition, Chile Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake, Gdp, Nutrition, Health, Haiti, Haiti Disaster Relief, Food, Haiti Earthquake Relief, World Food Programme, Development, World News
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Haiti has rarely been a country that makes the news for the right reasons. But six months ago the whole world's attention was focused on this small C...

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Grow, Baby, Grow

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Congress, Green Collar Economy, Carbon Emissions, Dsm, Agriculture, Energy Security, Washington DC, Sustainable Agriculture, Bipartisan, Gulf Oil Spill, Green Energy, Stephan Tanda, Plastics, Politics, Senate, Biotechnology, Biomass, Carbon Tax, Bio Fuel, Oil Spill, Green-Collar Jobs, Chemical, Sarah Palin, Emission Caps, Oil, Green Economy, Climate Change, Job Creation, R&D, World Economic Forum, Climate Bill, Politics News
Stephan B. Tanda

Who could forget Sarah Palin's famous line during the 2008 presidential campaign: "Drill, baby, drill!" With the current environmental and economic di...

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Empowering Women and Their Communities Through Nutrition Security

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Issues, International Women's Day, Women's Health, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Stephan Tanda, Dsm, World News
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Across the developing world, women are disproportionately affected by malnutrition, or "hidden hunger." This is a personal tragedy for those involved, but also economically perverse.

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Are we seeing the end of 'corporate philanthropy'?

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Dsm, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Hidden Hunger, World Food Programme, Haiti, Stephan Tanda, World Food Program, World News
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This week's gathering in San Francisco of the 9th Annual Global Philanthropy Forum Conference will bring together the leading voices from the NGO comm...

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Health Is the Achilles Heel of Corporate America

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, Corporate America, Stephan Tanda, Healthcare, Childhood Obesity, Obesity, Health Care, Business News
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Though health and the economy are often seen as separate issues, there is a strong business rationale for companies to invest in developing robust and comprehensive health and wellness programs.

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