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Al Jazeera hosts GKI’s Sara Farley on “The Stream”
June 3, 2015
Sara Farley poses on set with The Stream hosts Malika Balil and Omar Baddar. Sparked by France’s passage of a recent law making it illegal for supermarkets to waste food, Al Jazeera produced a 30 minute piece on an issue central to GKI’s work on innovation for global development: food loss. France’s bold new law forces stores
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Training Update: GKI Works with Entrepreneurs in Kampala, Uganda
June 1, 2015
The GKI team traveled to Kampala, Uganda in April, 2015 to work with The Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST) to train Ugandan researchers on key entrepreneurship skills for successfully launching ventures. In back-to-back intensive trainings, GKI trained two cohorts on entrepreneurship tools such as value p
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GKI Judges Innovations at 2015 Thought for Food Global Summit
March 24, 2015
Photo Credit: World Bank via Creative Commons. Through our Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions (LINK) programs and Social Innovation Labs, the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) actively supports top agricultural innovations that address issues of global food security. This past February, GKI COO Sara Far
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On the Path to Eliminating Coffee Potato Taste Defect
December 21, 2014
Researchers preparing to test pesticides on antestia bugs. Photo Credit: Rwandan Agricultural Board For many people coffee serves as an important ritual in their daily routines; for others, coffee makes up most of their income. As the world’s second most traded commodity, after oil, coffee plays an integral role in many economie
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Rwandan prize winners test potato taste solutions
December 19, 2014
For many people coffee is an important ritual in their daily routines—for others, coffee provides most of their income. As the world’s second most traded commodity, after oil, coffee plays an integral role in many economies. For countries in the so-called “bean belt” in Africa—Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Co
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Empowering Small-Scale Farmers in Africa through LINK Round IV
December 11, 2014
A Ugandan farmer brings his bananas to market. Photo Credit: IFPRI via Creative Commons Four teams of intrepid African innovators form the centerpieces of the fourth round of the Global Knowledge Initiative’s (GKI) award-winning LINK (Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions) program. GKI is proud to work clos
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GKI supports Rwandan Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Strategy and Implementation
October 7, 2014
Rwanda’s new Kigali Convention Complex under construction. Since the devastating 1994 genocide, Rwanda has enjoyed rapid economic growth and social transformation. It now stands as a model of effective governance and economic planning for Africa. Much of this success derives from a commitment to building the capacity of R
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LINK Finalists Launch Bee Farming Project in Uganda
October 2, 2014
LINK Finalist team member Jeniffer Tumwine instructs community members on how to construct low-cost hives. Energized to tackle poverty in the Kamwenge district of Uganda, LINK Finalists Dr. Fredrick Tumwine and Dr. Frank Mugagga of Makerere University joined team members Jeniffer Tumwine of Kyabanswa Rural Integrated Farming Sys
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Experts Envision Solutions to the African Food Crisis
August 25, 2014
In Kenya, agricultural experts use low-tech methods to maximize yield and productivity. Photo GKI. The Green Revolution saved billions of people on the brink of starvation. Yet, nearly 50 years later, 1 in 8 individuals in the world are still hungry. We know the right tools and technologies for maximizing agricultural productivi
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Tanzania Dairy Board Team Wins Dairy Value Chain Challenge Prize
August 13, 2014
Milk delivery by motorbike in Tanzania. Photo: ILRI via Creative Commons. Dairy cattle in East Africa are more than just cash cows. With dairy demand expected to continue to rise, dairy cows represent the enormous opportunity in the dairy sector to transform livelihoods all along the dairy value chain. Yet, pressing challenges—i