Our CEO Richard Lackey was recently featured on the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Digital News program in an interview he gave during the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg this month. During the interview, Richard discussed how Africa needs to embrace innovation in agriculture to ensure food security and to keep up with the continent’s growing […]
It’s finally here! Check out our CEO Richard Lackey speaking about the Zero Hunger Formula on the TedXWilmington Stage. The Zero Hunger Formula is a data-driven, nonprofit initiative sponsored by the World Food Bank with the goal of creating a linear algorithm that will forge a pathway to Zero Hunger on the planet by 2030. On the […]
If we could provide 500 million farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa with access to adequate storage systems for their crops, what result would we see? According to Jordan Dey of GrainPro, this one provision could very likely change the world. “If 500 million farmers could better store their food, they would not only be able to […]
This month, we sat down for a Q&A with Tana Juko, our Senior Research Associate, to learn more about her background and motivation for working with the World Food Bank. Q: Tana – Tell us a little about your background. What personally motivated you to join the WFB and work in food security? A: I have always […]
“Desertification is a fancy word for land turning into desert.” This is how Allan Savory begins his popular TED Talk on the subject of desertification, a phenomenon that he has dedicated his life to stopping through his research and the founding of the Savory Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to facilitating the regeneration of grasslands across […]
While several tools and technologies are in place to aid in crop storage, there is still room for investment that can lead to even more effective crop storing within the larger agricultural value chain. According to a Foods article study, “more than one-third of food is lost or wasted in post-harvest operations,” and resolving this […]
Today is End Poverty Day, and we invite our readers to consider how improving the world’s food systems can end both hunger and poverty. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80 percent of the region’s food is produced by smallholder, or family, farmers, the majority of whom are considered to be “extremely poor”. Under current agricultural systems, smallholder […]
Today, we join the world in celebrating World Food Day, as designated by the FAO, and we are big fans of this year’s campaign tagline – “A Zero Hunger world by 2030 is possible.” At the World Food Bank, we are working diligently on our vision to end hunger on the planet during our lifetime. […]
A few weeks ago, our friends at The Rockefeller Foundation kicked off their #SolvableSDG campaign to mark the end of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The goal of this campaign was to poll the Rockefeller community and ask them to vote for the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) they believed to be […]
The agribusiness sector is booming, and with that growth comes the challenge to stay knowledgeable about shifts in everything from technology to historical-social trends. While changes in technology are easily measured, underlying influences on the agribusiness value chain are difficult to read when dissecting hidden gender gaps within the sector. Further, the success of the […]
