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Crossposted from BorderJumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. In this regular series we profile advisors of the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature David Lobell, Assistant Professor in Environmental...

Crossposted from BorderJumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. We understand why Barack and Michelle Obama made Ghana their first stop on the African continent. When you touch down in Accra (or anywhere in Ghana), you...

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Earlier this week, we highlighted Nicholas Kristof’s OP-ED in the New York Times about Gabon, a country in West-Central Africa where the rights of...

Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. In the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, there is no silver bullet. And as we travel throughout sub-Saharan Africa we are seeing dozens of innovative...

Crossposted from BorderJumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. Our entry begins in Maralal, Kenya, a place mostly known for its wildlife. And as we made the seven hour, bumpy trek from Nairobi–half of it on...