by josiahmwd | Jun 26, 2018 | International
Nine days after planting the seeds at our farm in Uganda this spring, our team on the ground, led by our farm managers Daniel Murunga and Dan Kilimani, headed out into the field to inspect the germination process. At an initial glance, the team saw something...
by josiahmwd | May 24, 2018 | Key Sectors
In Sub-Saharan Africa, irrigation is severely underutilized, with estimates showing that only 4 percent of land in the region is under irrigation. At the World Food Bank, one of our main goals is to help farmers increase their farming outputs, their incomes, and their...
by josiahmwd | Apr 23, 2018 | International
By Richard Lackey, World Food Bank CEO Last fall, I attended a summit at UNIDO (United Nations International Development Organization), where I listened to several presenters speak on the need for more development support in African agriculture. Many of these speakers...