by Stephanie Malyon | Nov 26, 2015
As part of our contribution to the United Nations’ International Year of Pulses, we’re starting a blog series called “Bean-Growing Country of the Month.” This first article focuses on a country that is rebuilding its bean research programme with assistance from the...
by Natalia Gutiérrez | Nov 14, 2015
We are pleased to announce that BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) has decided to support a brand new Linking Farmers to Markets project, namely: ‘Making Value Chains Work for Food and Nutrition Security of Vulnerable Populations in...
by Neil Palmer | Oct 27, 2015
Scientists pinpoint the world’s most vulnerable coffee zones New research gives fresh insights into which of the world’s arabica coffee-producing zones will bear the brunt of climate change. The biggest losers will be in hotter areas with long dry seasons, such as...
by Neil Palmer | Oct 26, 2015
When I grew up, poor people were thin. Books, films and news coverage of famines perpetuated the stereotype. But today, poor people are increasingly likely to be overweight. Now it’s often the rich who are the thin ones. It’s especially the case in cities, where...
by Juliet Braslow | Oct 14, 2015
Smallholder farmers are not equal. Take Susan. She is perceived as a “small” farmer in her community of Soweto (Wote) in semi-arid Kenya. She doesn’t own land. The 0.5 ha she cultivates belong to her in-laws. The average farm size in her area is between 1 and 5ha....
by Neil Palmer | Oct 8, 2015
STORMING THE TASTE TEST How Colombia's micro-lots blur the line between coffee and pure dopamine Pasto, capital of Nariño Department, southwesten Colombia. On the third floor of a hotel near Pasto’s central plaza, there was slurping. Lots of slurping. This was...
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