Innovative Finance for Innovative Research: How We Got Here
In late 2020, this author sat down for a Zoom interview with Peter Kelly, founder and CEO of Grow Further. Back then, Peter was forging an international team to help […]
Toward a More Nutritious Chickpea
Most modern crops are much more palatable and high yielding than their wild ancestors–the wild ancestor of maize, for instance, looks more like grass than food–but that has often come […]
Travels in Tanzania
Our founder and CEO Peter Kelly spent a month traveling through Africa on a due-diligence trip, visiting several projects that could become recipients of the very first Grow Further grants. […]
Travels in Ghana
Our founder and CEO Peter Kelly recently returned from visits to several African countries to meet grant applicants and farmers and see research projects and communities. He not only brought […]
Building a Better Pearl Millet
Pearl millet is a staple crop in much of sub-Saharan Africa. This food is especially popular with farmers in arid regions as it’s known to grow in some of the […]
From Ghana to Tanzania
The adventure continues. The last time we checked in with him, Grow Further founder and CEO Peter Kelly was recovering from an exhausting day exploring maize fields and meeting with […]
Fighting the Fall Armyworm Invasion with Natural Ingredients
The invasion continues, but innovative minds are plotting the next counterattack. The attack in question is being carried out by the fall armyworm (S. frugiperda). This pest is the larvae […]
Letter from Ghana
Our founder and CEO Peter Kelly said his quest to find somewhere—anywhere—in Ghana’s capital city, Accra, where he could enjoy one of the West African dishes whose ingredients Grow Further […]
Pasteurizing Mushrooms in Zimbabwe
In his Grow Further grant application, Dr. Prince Marowa, a senior lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, reflects fondly on his childhood memories of picking wild mushrooms with friends and […]
Better Forage for Better Cattle
We received hundreds of applications in response to our first call for agricultural science proposals to improve food security among smallholder farmers in developing countries. Most look to improve the […]
