Selling Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes to Skeptical Consumers
Sweet potatoes are not only delicious but also one of the top-yielding crops in terms of calories per hectare. Calories alone, though, aren’t enough, and some sweet potatoes pack a […]
Out of Horror, Hope, and a More Food Secure Future
This month, from April 7, the world commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda. Next month, Grow Further will host a special event in Seattle featuring […]
Green Gram and a Vision for Food Security in Uganda
John Obuo has grand–but simple and relevant–plans to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in his native Uganda. A graduate of Makerere University in Kampala, Obuo is a researcher with […]
Groundbreaking Groundnut Project Launched with Great Fanfare – and an Assist from Grow Further
Alhassan Nuhu Jinbaani, an agricultural researcher and innovator in Ghana, said this winter was the perfect time to launch his team’s effort to popularize a so-called “forgotten food”—the Bambara groundnut—and […]
Grow Further Holds First Public Webinar, Discusses Global Food Security and Regenerative Agriculture
On January 24, Grow Further held its first public webinar, featuring Africa Food Prize laureate Dr. Ruth Oniang’o. Oniang’o and Grow Further founder Dr. Peter Kelly discussed bottom-up approaches to […]
Global Food Security & Regenerative Agriculture: Cultivating Success with Bottom-Up Innovation
Join Grow Further’s founder Dr. Peter Kelly and Africa Food Prize Laureate Dr. Ruth Oniang’o for a conversation about bottom-up approaches for agricultural innovation. Together they will explore how grassroots […]
The Role of Social Scientists in Agricultural Research
The phrase “agricultural research” conjures images of professionals wielding hard science to explore how to grow more food or improve farm incomes. One might imagine scientists in white coats busy […]
Small Farm Innovation Champion from Burkina Faso Passes Away at 77
Many of this newsletter’s readers have likely never heard of Yacouba Sawadogo. His name is perhaps not as famous as his greatest fans might prefer, but he is well-known in […]
Tanzania’s maize craze
Tanzania is famous for some spectacular tourist attractions: Zanzibar, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Rift Valley, and the African Great Lakes. Tanzanian food is not as well known as these draws, and […]
Meet Our First Grant Recipients
It’s been a long, tough, but carefully plotted journey for Grow Further on our mission to transform the way agricultural research and development is funded. Along the way, we’ve met […]
