Finance, food, and farming
The ongoing financial crisis has had many effects throughout the world. Political leaders are coming and going from office, banks are being bailed out, and central banks are pumping billions of dollars...
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Highlights of the essay by Guillermo Recio Guajardo (Mexico) who is one of the eight finalists of The World Bank Essay Competition 2009.Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico, is known for its enormous diversity of...
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Rotating Cow on your Block?
Ok so goats or sheep might be more practical, but what if communities agreed to stop mowing their lawns and instead collectively invested in a farm animal that would rotate from one yard to the next?
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Will you buy what I’m selling? For how much?
Coming from a farming community in eastern Nepal, I remember observing that when we had to buy soap, or a packet of noodles from the market, the prices of those goods would be set. If you wanted a...
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Young, educated, and choosing to become farmers
As part of the upcoming World Bank Open Forum on the food crisis, we have been asking everyone for ideas on how to put food first for the almost 1 billion people who go to bed hungry today.A lot of the...
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Has a Cow Changed Your Life?
Meet Jean Bosco Hakizimana, a farmer in Burundi who survived a decade-long civil war.
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How Youth Saved Bananas in Uganda
Imagine yourself living in Uganda, a landlocked country in East Africa, where more than 14 million people eat bananas almost daily. In fact, as a resident in Uganda, chances are you and everyone you...
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A Young African Entrepreneur Invests in Caterpillars to Fight Malnutrition
While the shea tree is known for its nuts, used to produce a butter to which myriad benefits have been attributed (skin and nutritional, in particular), much less is known about the caterpillars that...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Youth Should Choose Agriculture
What type of career do you aspire to have? Do you want to be an artist, a business person, or a policymaker? Or, have you ever wanted to become a farmer? I would not be surprised if you said no.
View ArticleCreative Ways Youth Can Help Feed the Future
How do you imagine your life 10 or 20 years from now? What if I told you that one day, there might not be enough food on your plate? It is no exaggeration. Today, around 800 million people go to bed...
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