Growing Rice in Africa
October 16, 2007
Famine and hunger are twin plagues for much of the African continent. They are also two of the reasons that those areas remain in grinding poverty. The requirement to mount new food
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Gates & Rockefeller Foundations Tackle Food Security in Africa
September 15, 2006
Nothing breeds success like success. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which earlier attracted billions from investor Warren Buffett, has now teamed with the Rockefeller Foundation to tackle food security in Africa
Doha Trade Talks & Globalization’s Future
August 3, 2006
This week’s Economist magazine discusses the collapse of the Doha round of trade talks that started after the system perturbation of 11 September 2001 [“The Future of Globalization,” 27 July 2006]. The
Land Policy & Resilience
June 21, 2006
Bolivia, under the left-leaning leadership of Evo Morales, is making another attempt at land reform. An article in the Washington Post [“Two Views of Justice Fuel Bolivian Land Battle: Owners Dig In
