This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles.
Making sustainable connections, Global Food Security
How Cell Phones Can Help End World Hunger, National Geographic
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015, FAO
Let’s Help Create More Farmers, The New York Times
Agriculture will drive Africa’s rise to economic power, The Guardian
Increased carbon dioxide levels in air restrict plants’ ability to absorb nutrients, Science Daily
Leveraging Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture, The Chicago Council
Cracking the coconut: 4 ways to improve financial security for smallholder farmers, Devex
Commodity markets braced for El Niño impact, Financial Times
Exploring a missed opportunity: Microclimates, CGIAR
Donor mapping – Global sustainable food and agriculture: a landscape assessment, FCRN
Climate change seen as major threat to agricultural exports from Uganda and Peru, Intracen.org
G7 to support climate insurance for poor, finance disappoints, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Boosting smallholder farming in Uganda through agri-tools and technology, PAEPARD
Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Measuring Impact and Closing Data Gaps, The Chicago Council
Dégradation des sols au Sénégal : Près d’un million d’hectares affectés, Le Quotidien
In Ethiopia, crop insurance takes root but changes needed – experts, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Justine Greening: The days of ignoring poverty because it’s far away are over, The Guardian
G-7 Leaders’ Declaration, Whitehouse.gov
Cameroon: In Vitro Plantain Project – Five Million Plantain Plantlets By October, AllAfrica
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