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Vision for a sustainable world.
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July 25, 2012
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Africa: Five Fish That Are Sustainable and (Almost) Guilt-Free [press release]
According to a 2010 Food and Agriculture Organization report, 33 percent of the world's fisheries are over-exploited, depleted, or recovering from depletion, and another 52 percent... Read more »
July 23, 2012
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Africa: Incubating Entrepreneurs and Businesses in African Agriculture - an Interview With Nii Simmonds [interview]
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July 19, 2012
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Africa: New City Moves Help Wipe Away Tears After Rio+20 [press release]
Whether it's action or traction in the food world, cities are stepping up to the plate. The world is fast going urban, as are challenges of social, economic and environmental... Read more »
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North Africa: Rising Food Prices and Social Unrest [press release]
In August 2011, Marco Lagi, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and K.Z Bertrand released a report through the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI). The report, "The Food Crises and Political... Read more »
July 17, 2012
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Africa: Five Organizations Sharing Local Knowledge for Success Across the World [press release]
As Nourishing the Planet has witnessed first-hand, small-scale farmers and local communities have developed innovative ways to meet the challenges facing people across the world.... Read more »
July 16, 2012
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Africa: Cobia - Out of the Ocean, Into the Pen [press release]
Many of the world's most popular fish species are being overfished to satisfy growing demand for seafood. For researchers, the challenge is to find species that can be sustainably... Read more »
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Africa: In Case You Missed It - This Week in Review [press release]
This week we highlight a groundbreaking report by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), which reveals the heavy disease burden of zoonoses, or human-animal... Read more »
July 13, 2012
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Africa: What Works - Rebuilding Degraded Ecosystems Through Farming [press release]
According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) some 60 percent of the world's ecosystems have been degraded over the past 50 years. With increasingly scarce land and water... Read more »
July 12, 2012
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Africa: Innovation of the Week - Small Plot Intensive Farming [press release]
Earlier this year Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, submitted a report arguing that agroecological farming methods "outperform the use of... Read more »
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Africa: Groundbreaking Report on Zoonotic Diseases and Poverty [press release]
Some 60 percent of all human diseases, and 75 percent of all emerging infectious diseases, are zoonotic (human-animal transmitted infectious diseases). In light of these staggering... Read more »
July 11, 2012
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Africa: The Global Food Security Index - Together, We Can Feed the World [press release]
On July 10th, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the economic development research arm of The Economist, launched the Global Food Security Index at the DuPont Food Security... Read more »
July 10, 2012
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Africa: Five Ways to Get Rid of Pests Without Using Chemicals [press release]
Pests can be, well, a pest. They infest crops and reduce yields, reducing overall agricultural production and food security. To deal with pests, such as mealybugs or spider mites,... Read more »
July 9, 2012
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Africa: Sushi With a Side of Conservation [press release]
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," so the saying goes. But how do we feed ourselves once we run out of fish? The... Read more »
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Africa: The Kuri - a Unique Study in Natural Selection [press release]
The Kuri cattle are a rare breed, found along the shores of Lake Chad Basin as well as across north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and Niger. Kuri are classified as humpless... Read more »
July 6, 2012
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Africa: New Harvest's Jason Matheny Shares Perspectives on the Future of Meat Alternatives [press release]
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, between 1970 and 2010 the number of cows raised for human consumption rose 32 percent to reach 1.4 billion, pigs... Read more »
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Africa: Using Technology to Give Farmers Better Information [press release]
For a farmer good information is time sensitive. Good information must move quickly and freely to reach those who rely on it when they make decisions. Digital technologies have... Read more »
July 5, 2012
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Africa: Increasing Breastfeeding Rates and Improving Global Health [press release]
According to the World Health Organization, poor breastfeeding rates contribute to over a million avoidable child deaths each year. La Leche League International (LLLI) was... Read more »
June 27, 2012
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Africa: Children's Health - Aviva Must Advocates Shared Responsibility [press release]
On Thursday, June 28, the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet project and the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition will release Eating Planet-Nutrition Today: A Challenge... Read more »
June 26, 2012
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Africa: What Works - Aquaculture [press release]
This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we'll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation! Read more »
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Africa: Becoming Great Ancestors - How We Can Protect Future Generations [press release]
Today, Nourishing the Planet highlights a talk by Carolyn Raffensperger, executive director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, about how our society can become great... Read more »
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Africa: Women's Major Group 'Disappointed and Outraged' At the Rio+20 Outcomes [press release]
Last week's Rio+20 Conference brought together 50,000 NGOs, policymakers, and activists from around the world to discuss sustainability. Unfortunately, many groups, including... Read more »
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Africa: Eating Planet - Carlo Petrini Discusses Buying Food and Paying for Your Values [press release]
Today, Nourishing the Planet highlights a contributing author of Eating Planet, and shares his views on how to fix the broken food system. The event is full but please tune in on... Read more »
June 25, 2012
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Africa: Saturday Series - an Interview With Mary Mclaughlin [press release]
Today, Nourishing the Planet kicks off a new Saturday Series, in which we interview inspiring people that our readers have nominated. These people are working on the frontlines to... Read more »
June 22, 2012
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Africa: Women and Sustainability - Global Advocates Concerned By Language About Women and Reproductive Rights [press release]
Nourishing the Planet is collaborating with Women Deliver to highlight the important role of women, youth, and reproductive and sexual rights in sustainable development at this... Read more »
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Africa: Integrating Conservation and Development During Rio+20 [opinion]
A central part of the discussion surrounding Rio+20 this week is how people and groups will compete with one another for the world's diminishing land and water resources. To... Read more »
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