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New Reports with Profound Implications for PepsiCo’s Approach to Food and...

Two reports were recently released within a week of each other that highlight the continued presence of hunger in a world where obesity is increasing, and the long-term consequences for the environment...

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Derek Yach at the 2011 World Forum On Enterprise and Environment

Derek Yach recently moderated several sessions at the 2011 World Forum On Enterprise and Environment in Oxford, England. He noted a main agreement by attendees was a critical need for health...

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Pilot Phase of Enterprise EthioPEA

This is a chickpea field in Shoa, about an hour outside Addis Ababa. We are in pilot phase now and are testing a variety of methods – irrigation, fertilizer, seed spacing, seed variety – to see what...

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Chickpea Growing Techniques

Chickpeas can grow in water-stressed areas and they fix nitrogen, reducing need for added fertilizers and enhancing the quality of the soil in which they grow. However, we are experimenting with...

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NYAS Nutrition Science Event

Last Thursday and Friday, the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science held an event, Global Capacity Building in Nutrition Science: Training Future Practitioners, Empowering Future Leaders, at the New...

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Scaling up in Agriculture, Rural Development and Nutrition

My colleague, Ian Hope-Johnstone, and I recently contributed to the International Food Policy Research Institute publication, Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition – a collection...

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