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Blog: Agriculture Archive
Remembering a Legacy of Planting Trees and Building Lives
November 4th, 2011In our previous blog post on the 2011 International Year of the Forest we highlighted the importance of forests in Africa, which account for the livelihoods of more than half [...]
Education on Overdrive—Creating Sustainable Schools
August 26th, 2011In Uganda and Tanzania, students supported by Aid for Africa members are learning more than reading, science, and math. They are learning how to make their schools sustainable.
For the last [...]
Fighting East African Famine Requires both Immediate and Long-term Solutions
August 1st, 2011Food aid has begun to reach people in East Africa who are severely afflicted by the worst drought in 60 years. This emergency food aid is vital to prevent thousands [...]
Zeroing in on Farming in Africa as a Key to Long-Term Development
June 1st, 2011At a recent meeting of the Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs, Bill Gates spoke of a new effort to help the farmers of Africa and South Asia build better lives [...]
Planting the Seeds Toward a Brighter Future
February 25th, 2011Tamiru Gerite lives with his wife and five children in the village of Bedengeltu, in Southern Ethiopia. He works hard as a farmer, but his subsistence fields generate little income. [...]
Africa’s growing economic muscle tells only part of the story
August 5th, 2010Africa is making progress economically, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company. With combined gross domestic products across the continent of 1.6 trillion dollars in 2008, Africa is [...]