Orange Sweet Potato Reduces Diarrhea in Children, Study Finds
A new study has found that orange sweet potato (OSP) reduced both the prevalence and duration of diarrhea in young children in Mozambique.
Book Review: Geek Heresy
By Trina Gorman
Kentaro Toyama's Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology urges the development community to turn its focus from cookie cutter fixes to the people who provide and use the given fix – whether it be microcredit, school vouchers, or fancy gadgets. Poor people don’t need “turbo-charged, heat-seeking, robotic fishing poles” but rather, devoted/skilled/present teachers and mentors who nurture their capacity, and then decide whether a fishing pole is necessary.
UN Calls for Support for Flood-Hit Malawi
A group of United Nations human rights experts has urged the international community to rapidly provide all necessary funding and assistance to the Government of Malawi and humanitarian actors in response to the disaster, which has already claimed more than 70 lives.
12 Initiatives Taking Positive Steps Towards a Healthier, Fairer and More Sustainable Food and...
By Ioulia Fenton and Adam Nelson, Institute of Advanced Development Studies (INESAD) La Paz, Bolivia
The world’s global food and agriculture system is not working....
