by josiahmwd | Mar 20, 2019 | Key Sectors, World Food Bank Team
For International Women’s History Month, we asked our President, Scott Brown, a few questions about the issues surrounding women in agriculture in East Africa, and what World Food Bank is doing to address those issues. This is a great insight as to why impact-driven...
by josiahmwd | Mar 20, 2019 | Key Sectors, Partners, World Food Bank Team
Earlier this month we had the opportunity to talk with Christy van Beek, Chief Agronomist at AgroCares and Director of the SoilCares Foundation, about the importance of using soil-scanning technology in emerging market countries like Uganda. She gave some incredible...
by josiahmwd | Nov 26, 2018 | World Food Bank Team
Josephine Bienenama spent many years of her life working as a civil servant in her home country of Uganda. Recently retired from that work, she now divides her time between managing a local community school serving more than 100 local needy and orphaned children and...
by josiahmwd | Nov 24, 2018 | International
This month, World Food Bank CEO Richard Lackey and GFE Investor Justin Culver visited Thakara-Nithi County in Kenya, where they were heartily welcomed and given a personal tour of local food systems and producers by County Governor Muthomi Njuki. Governor Njuki is a...
by josiahmwd | Nov 20, 2018 | Partners
Insurance enables smallholders to invest with confidence The following is a guest post by Paul Castle, Head of Communications at Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture Worldwide, millions of smallholders are facing the effects of climate change. Erratic...