Africa

Accept technology for country’s food security

Gilbert Arap BorOctober 24, 2019

The Daily Nation - Kenya published this article by GFN member Gilbert arap Bor. A link to the original article can be found below. I was appalled to read in ...

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Opinion: The Kinship of farmers: We’re all in this together

Roger ThurowSeptember 26, 2019

This column originally appeared on 9/9/19 at Agri-Pulse.com, where Agri-Pulse and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs are teaming up to host a monthly column...

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News: GFN Congratulates the 2019 joint winners of the Africa Food Prize

Global Farmer NetworkSeptember 12, 2019

The 2019 Africa Food Prize puts a spotlight on bold initiatives and technical innovations that can be replicated across the continent to create a new era of foo...

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Video: Africa Speaks – “Everyone is entitled to food” (Cornell Alliance for Science)

Global Farmer NetworkAugust 12, 2019

Via our friends at: The Cornell Alliance for Science Published on Jun 11, 2019 Dr. Kingstone Mashingaidze describes how biotechnology is a human rights...

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Ensuring Ag Remains ‘Sexy’ In Africa – Part IV

Chibuike EmmanuelJuly 23, 2019

For the past month the 'Farmer Views' section has featured segments written by GFN member Chibuike Emmanuel from Nigeria who was inspired by a story in The New ...

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Coming to America in Support of Africa

Nyasha MudukutiAugust 31, 2017

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...

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Technology Is Africa’s Food-Secure Future

Ruramiso MashumbaFebruary 9, 2017

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...

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Video – Daniel Otunge: Africa Needs Biotech Crops

Global Farmer NetworkMay 24, 2016

Published on May 17, 2016 Daniel Otunge, coordinator of the Open Forum on Agricultural Technology, discusses the critical need for biotechnology and innovati...

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Video: How farmer-philanthropist Howard Buffett is planting hope in Africa

Global Farmer NetworkMay 10, 2016

Via PBS News Hour - May 2, 2016: "Howard Buffett, son of billionaire Warren Buffett, has an ambitious life goal: ending world hunger. As a farmer and philant...

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With the Right Tools, Zimbabwe Can be an Agricultural Breadbasket

Nyasha MudukutiOctober 23, 2014

The world of your grandparents may seem utterly different from your own. Where I live, however, it looks like nothing has changed. I raise sorghum and maize ...

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