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Food prices squeezing poor people and driving social change by stealth
A new era of high and volatile food prices goes beyond affecting what people can afford to eat and is causing life-changing shifts in society, experts warn today.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- nutrition
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A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers
A proposed system uses mirrors to increase the power of a solar panel and pump water to crops.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
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African Farmers Celebrate Earth Day By Saving The World
Storms are getting more violent, seasonal patterns are shifting, and the weather is seemingly harder to predict.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Serving the poor, but operating like a business
At a time when public sector resources are limited, and every philanthropic dollar must go further, there is a robust debate in the international development community about how to achieve development goals with less money.
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- Agriculture
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World food security and what young Africans can do about it
Leaders in sub-Saharan Africa, a region with the world’s fastest-growing and youngest population, seek to create more agriculture jobs.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Water for all
NEARLY three-fourths of all diseases caused in India are due to water contaminants. Despite that, one in eight Indians still lacks access to clean drinking water.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- South Asia
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Uganda: Invest in Agriculture – World Bank
The World Bank has said that investing in agribusiness could be one of the landmark solutions to the slow pace of Africa's economic development.
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- Agriculture
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- impact investing
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Five food issues to watch out for
Who or what do you blame when the price of maize seems to keep going through the roof? If you did not mention fuel subsidies, then you need to read this list of emerging food issues in Africa.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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