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May 16th, 2013
Water and agriculture in a changing Africa: What might be done?
FSE, FSI Stanford AnnouncementJoin us for our final Global Food Policy and Food Security symposium Thursday, May 23. John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering at Harvard University will lead a lecture on water and agriculture in a changing Africa. FSE fellow Jennifer Burney will provide commentary.
- » Water and agriculture in a changing Africa: What might be done?
- » Global Food Policy and Food Security Symposium Series
April 30th, 2013
Expert says Obama's food aid reform has good ideas, bad chance for passage
FSE, FSI Stanford Q&AFSE visiting fellow and food aid expert Barry Riley comments on the importance of the President's new food aid reforms, chances of passage, and the US's current role in international food aid. Read more »
April 24th, 2013
Stagnation to modernization: How agriculture vitalized China's economy
FSE, FSI Stanford, REAP NewsOver the last thirty years, China’s rural income per capita has risen an astounding 20 times. Millions have been lifted out of poverty and have moved from the rural sector to China's thriving big cities. China expert Scott Rozelle credits this remarkable growth to the government's decision to put land in the hands of farmers, deregulate markets, and heavily invest in the agricultural sector. Read more »
January 15th, 2013
Benin solar market garden project one of five most hopeful energy projects of 2012
FSE, FSI Stanford NewsFSE's Benin solar market garden project was picked as one of the most five hopeful energy stories of 2012 by National Geographic. Jennifer Burney, FSE fellow and lead on the Benin project, is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. FSE began its partnership with the Solar Electric Light Fund in 2007 and continues to work together to spread the technology into new villages in West Africa.
- » Solar Market Gardens as a Tool for Rural Development
- » National Geographic: Five most hopeful energy stories of 2012
- » National Geographic: Solar energy brings food, water, and light to West Africa
October 19th, 2012
There is no food security without health and nutrition
FSE, FSI Stanford NewsExpanding food production and even alleviating poverty does not guarantee food security, health and nutrition. Food and nutrition policy expert Per Pinstrup-Andersen looks at the linkages between food systems and global health and nutrition at last week's Global Food Policy and Food Security symposium series. Read more »
May 14th, 2012
Stanford researchers question whether biofuel is the answer to U.S. energy independence
FSE, FSI Stanford in the news: Peninsula Press on May 14, 2012For the last four years, the costs of corn and crude oil have been intimately linked, and it was this relationship that Stanford’s Center on Food Security and the Environment addressed in a panel discussion last month.
May 12th, 2012
An optimistic Indian future depends on a strong rural economy
FSE, FSI Stanford NewsDespite accelerating economic growth in India over the last thirty years, India’s structural transformation remains stunted, said economist Hans Binswanger-Mkhize at a May 10 FSE symposium on global food policy and food security. Improving rural incomes and supporting agricultural growth is essential to decreasing poverty and unemployment in India now and in the future. Read more »
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