by Mercy Lungaho | Mar 20, 2018
This was originally posted on the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture website. As an African woman and a nutritionist, there’s nothing more upsetting to me than this fact: Africa is the only region in the world where malnutrition is rising. That’s despite the...
by Mercy Lungaho | Oct 18, 2017
At the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical for a prosperous Africa. Her opinion piece was first published by Inter Press Service News Agency. One drizzly morning in some lush...
by Mercy Lungaho | Jun 19, 2017
This piece first appeared as a guest commentary on the website of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Given its impressive track record over the last 20 years, Rwanda has rightly been considered a model for reducing poverty and hunger in Africa. Between 1990 and...
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