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To Feed the World, Improve Photosynthesis
By reworking the basic metabolism of crops, plant scientists hope to forestall devastating food shortages.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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Mobile money helps stave off food insecurity for 250,000 Kenyans
“This programme is transforming the way we respond to emergencies in Kenya,” said Dr Abbas Gullet, Secretary General, KRCS.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nat Geo, GSK Launch Chasing Genius Challenge to Tackle Climate Change, Global Health
The challenge was inspired by National Geographic’s first scripted series GENIUS, based on the book, Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. Using the hashtag #chasinggenius, National Geographic has crowdsourced ideas and identified issues that the global community is most concerned about.
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- Environment
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This Indian Social Entrepreneur Has Delivered Food to a Million Needy People, and Isn’t Slowing Down
For a lot of people in India, Word Food Day (October 16) is celebrated by volunteering, either filling up a bag of non-perishable food items for a food drive, or sending donations to charities. If you haven’t, you certainly know someone who has.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- South Asia
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From Dunkin’ Donuts to Farm Seeds: Discovering the Promise of Social Franchising
What if the power of the franchise model was turned into a tool for solving developing world problems such as lack of access to clean water, modern energy sources, pharmaceutical medicines or agricultural inputs and know-how? We can learn a lot from mega-franchises like Dunkin' Donuts when it comes to building micro-franchises.
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- Agriculture, Entrepreneurship
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Improving Photosynthesis May Be Our Best Bet to Feed More People
Our ability to keep feeding Earth's growing population using current agricultural methods is hitting its limit. So researchers are looking to alter plants' most basic systems.
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- Agriculture
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