Road Out of Poverty: A Personal Story
As a child, I would collect dry cattle dung on the outskirts of town. My family burned it to cook food and keep warm. For protein, we often ate locusts. They’re...
Food and Nutritional Security
Women Embracing Agriculture in Zimbabwe With Optimism
When I decided to become a farmer in Zimbabwe, people viewed that as an unusual decision. Men dominated agriculture in Africa, especially older men—and here ...
Golden Rice Approval Needed to Produce a Life-Changing Staple Food
Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can look at them but they can’t look back at us. They’ve gone blind beca...
Coming to America in Support of Africa
I’m coming to America. Actually, I’ve already arrived—I got here in the middle of August—and I’ve come twice before, leaving my farm in Zimbabwe and flying a...
Kenya’s Election of Consequence
*EDITOR'S NOTE: please see breaking news from Kenya as reported Sept 1. "In a decision hailed as the first of its kind for Africa, Kenya’s Supreme Court on F...
India Will Benefit from Commercialization of GM Mustard
India has just taken a significant step forward with the tiny mustard seed. This new opportunity could deliver a major benefit to me and other Indian farmers...
A Kenyan Farmer Makes the Case for the Commercialization of GM Maize
This year, I’ve seen the devastation of the present—and I’ve also witnessed hope for the future. Unfortunately, this is an election period and everyone seems...
Time for Kenya Move Off the Brink and Lead with Agricultural Technology
Kenya is on the brink of embracing biotechnology in agriculture. The MIT Technology Review made the claim in October: “Kenya is thought to be on the brink of...
Technology Is Africa’s Food-Secure Future
The average African farmer is a 60-year-old man who took up agriculture because that’s what his parents did. I’m a woman who, in her mid-20s, chose to become...
Celebrating India’s Miracle Crops: Past, Present and Future
Half a century is a long time, but that’s how long I’ve been thinking seriously about India’s struggle with food security—and how technology can help to solve i...