Agricultural Development

Private Sector Approach at U.S. Aid Agency: Can Tough Measures Aid U.S. Jobs?

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Innovation, Dfid, Foreign Aid, Federal Bureaucracy, Agricultural Development, US Government, US Congress, Entrepreneurs, Usaid, US State Department, The White House, Business News
Dan Silverstein

In the stock market the smart money knows "if you're going to panic, panic early". The same is true for entrepreneurs when it comes to recognizi...

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The Future of Funding: Development Aid as an Investment

Dan Silverstein | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Congresswoman Kay Granger, Bill Gates, Feed the Future, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Agricultural Development, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Business News
Dan Silverstein

There is an intriguing dynamic developing in our nation's capital among the three major influences that could end up changing the future of Ameri...

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Building A Better World By Supporting Farming Families

Sylvia Mathews Burwell | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Poverty, Poverty, Global Development, Agriculture, Rwanda, Feed the Future, World Food Programme, Farming Families, Farming, Agricultural Development, Impact News
Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Supporting farming families makes sense on many fronts. It not only helps farmers become self-sufficient, but it helps increase the prosperity and stability of countries in the developing world.

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Haiti's Future Hinges on New Ideas, Sustainable Agriculture and the Rural Environment

Eric Sorensen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Carbon Roots, Carbon Roots International, Agricultural Development, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti, Composting, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Biochar, Video, Impact News
Eric Sorensen

After all the devastation wrought upon Haiti over the last year (decades, really), a country that was once the "Pearl of the Caribbean" stands at a crossroads of opportunity.

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Keeping Promises and Delivering Hope to Poor Farmers and Their Families

Sylvia Mathews Burwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Development, Agricultural Development, Agriculture, Impact News
Sylvia Mathews Burwell

The European Development Days conference I attended in Brussels earlier this month was a smorgasbord for dialogue on international development.

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Playing for Keeps: Students Who Rock Hunger

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: One Acre Fund, Agra, Heifer International, Des Moines, The World Vegetable Center, Iowa Farm Bureau, State Department, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Usda, World Food Prize, International Livestock Research Institute, Bread for the World, Agricultural Development, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Foods Resource Bank, Aplu, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, World Food Programme, Iowa State University, Rajiv Shah, David Lambert, Usaid, Catherine Bertini, Norman Borlaug, Fao, Global Youth Institute, Ruan, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, Alliance to End Hunger, Statistics, Business News
Dan Silverstein

Last week, as Midnight Madness showcased college basketball players with visions of massive wealth and self-indulgence written all over their face...

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Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unifem, Developing World, Women in Agriculture, Agra, World Bank, Tom Vilsak, Agribusiness, Micro-Finance, Department of Agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, African Development Bank, Gender Governance, Women, Grameen Bank, UNDevelopment Program, Food and Agricultural Organization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Decade for Women, Beijing Conference, Un, Green Heron Tools, Catherine Bertini, Gender Mainstreaming, Usaid, World Food Program, Dfid, World News
Dan Silverstein

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.

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Growing Businesses in African Soil

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: G8, Trade Missions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Agricultural Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Agribusiness, World Food Programme, UN Office for Partnerships, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Usaid, World Economic Forum, Fao, State Universities, Land Grant Colleges, Business News
Dan Silverstein

It's in our own self-interest to jump start agricultural development with the goal of creating markets for ourselves.

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G-8 Promises $20 Billion in Agricultural Aid: Real Change or Business as Usual?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, G8, Gmos, Agricultural Development, Agriculture, Africa, Sustainability, Group-of-8, Food Aid, International, Barack Obama, Food Security, Green News
Paula Crossfield

One can't help but wonder if by requesting this money from the G8 in the name of charity we are instead trying to promote our own economy.

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