Innovate on Purpose (June 8, 2010) – Most social media examples consist of two very diverse types: a topical interaction site where there are thousands of participants examining interesting but not very informative or deep information, or smaller groups of people connected to discuss very deep or information rich sources. What’s interesting about this phenomenon...
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Image via Wikipedia Two of the most pressing issues facing Kenya ’s food security challenge relate to how the country will respond to climate change and how we will meet our food and livelihood requirements through maize and other crops. Our project has focused on maize as a window through which to explore different social and technological responses to environmental...
BusinessWeek (June 7, 2010) – Open innovation will not only lead to new ways of making innovation happen; there will also be side effects. As an open innovation advocate, Stefan Lindegaard thinks most of these effects will be positive. But it’s also reasonable to expect that some will be mixed or perhaps even negative. Here, then, is a handy checklist of some...
Image via Wikipedia THE 2009 WORLD FOOD PRIZE was awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have dramatically increased the production and availability of one of the world’s five principal grains and enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Ejeta’s...
Policies needed to address potential conflicts, but report views bioenergy as crucial to ‘unlocking Africa’s latent potential’ Ouagadougou (23 July 2010)—Crops can be produced for bioenergy on a significant scale in west, eastern and southern Africa without doing damage to food production or natural habitats, according to a report produced by the Forum...
Image via Wikipedia Over 700 prominent agriculture researchers, policy makers, and development experts from around the world along with the President of Burkina Faso and ministers of Agriculture, Science and Foreign Affairs from several African and European countries are gathering 19-24 July in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for the 5th African Agriculture Science week...
