Category Archives: smallholder

Launch of the 2013 Montpellier Panel report – Sustainable Intensification: A New Paradigm for African Agriculture

Posted on 18/04/2013 by

On the 18th April, the Montpellier Panel launched a new report, outlining their solution to tackling hunger and resource scarcities in Africa, Sustainable Intensification. At a seminar hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development … Continue reading →

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Making links from small farms to markets in Africa: lessons from villages and supply chains

Posted on 15/03/2013 by

On Monday 25th February, Gordon Conway and Steve Wiggins – along with other guests and panellists – took part in a seminar at the Overseas Development Institute to explore the progress made on our joint Leaping & Learning project. Smallholders dominate … Continue reading →

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Food staples as a target for nutritional improvement: can the hard-to-reach smallholder farmers benefit?

Posted on 31/01/2013 by

Access to food staples as a target for nutritional improvement was the focus of one of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) Annual General Assembly breakout sessions on 31st January. Howarth Bouis from HarvestPlus introduced and led the … Continue reading →

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Enough food for everyone IF….

Posted on 28/01/2013 by

One in eight women, men and children go to bed hungry every night and by 2025 nearly a billion young people will face poverty because of the damage done to them now through hunger and malnutrition. These are just some … Continue reading →

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Can water harvesting technologies help to feed one billion hungry?

Posted on 23/01/2013 by

by Lisa Bunclark In ‘One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?’ Gordon Conway states that one of four routes to achieving a food secure world is through the use of appropriate innovative technologies. Water harvesting technologies (WHTs) offer the … Continue reading →

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Tackling the food security nexus: achieving more with less

Posted on 22/01/2013 by

By Gordon Conway and Liz Wilson: This piece was originally published on the Guardian Sustainable Business blog on 22 January. We are faced with three daunting and urgent global challenges: repeated food price spikes, nearly a billion people who are chronically hungry, and … Continue reading →

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Can agriculture achieve growth with poverty reduction in Africa?

Posted on 10/01/2013 by

In a new briefing paper Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture: Economywide Perspectives from Country Studies  published on the 9th January, Xinshen Diao, James Thurlow, Samuel Benin, and Shenggen Fan of IFPRI recommend some key priorities and principles for achieving … Continue reading →

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Eating Orange Flesh

Posted on 30/11/2012 by

Gordon Conway writes for the Huffington Post.  Eating orange flesh in Mozambique is not an episode from a bizarre horror movie. On the contrary it is a message of life-saving nutrition and hope for millions of young children. Orange is … Continue reading →

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One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World photos

Posted on 10/10/2012 by

On 9th October, Sir Gordon Conway, Professor of International Development & Director of Agriculture for Impact was joined by Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Dr Mo Ibrahim, founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation & founder and former chairman of Celtel, … Continue reading →

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Transforming Africa: perspectives from West Africa

Posted on 14/07/2012 by

On 13th July, Dr K.Y. Amoako, Founder and President of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) opened the final of three regional workshops, organised co-hosted by the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and Agriculture for Impact (A4I) … Continue reading →

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