Tag: world food prize
: Fish Chutney and Flour Offer Malnutrition Hope in Bangladesh
Asia: Senior Nutrition Scientist at World Fish reveals how nutrition-rich fish could put Bangladesh on the path to improved nutrition.
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Women in STEM and the Case of the Tree-Obsessed Teen
Global: Winner of the 2013 World Food Prize discusses the importance of supporting young women in careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.
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Farmers from 14 Countries Gather at World Food Prize
Global: 14 farmers from all corners of the world gathered at a roundtable discussion today at the Iowa Hunger Summit, part of the week-long programme of the Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines.
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Achieving SDG2 #StartsWithFarmers
Africa & Middle East: Director of Agricultural Development at Gates Foundation charts innovations that will empower farmers to tackle SDG2.
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#FoodPrize15 Twitter Chat Summary
Global: Get a full recap of the #FoodPrize15 Twitter Chat with leading spokespeople at next week's Borlaug Dialogue and Farming First supporters.
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14 Ways Agriculture is Reducing Poverty
Global: To to warm up for the World Food Prize giving in Iowa next month, we examine how our supporters are using agriculture as a means to empower the poorest.
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Sir Fazle Hasan Abed wins World Food Prize
Asia: Founder of BRAC is given the most prominent global award for breakthrough achievements in alleviating hunger and poverty.
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“Let us Choose What Works for our Farms,” Say Farmers about the Tools and Technologies Needed to Tackle Climate Change
: At last week’s World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, a panel of five farmers from four continents discussed how they are responding to the challenges which global climate change will pose to their farms. (Read the Reuters Alertnet coverage of the event here; see the full event programme and video here.) The panel was […]
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2013 World Food Prize Panel Event: Five Farmers from Four Continents: “Impacts and Opportunities of Global Climate Change”
: On 16th October, 2013, Farming First co-hosted a farmer roundtable event at the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa. (Read our commentary from the event and interview with the farmers here.) The event featured five farmers from around the world (Africa, Europe, South Asia and South America), who shared their thoughts on the on-farm […]
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