Tag: international-development
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Tune In to the Food Tank Summit Live Stream
This week’s episode of the Agroinnovations Podcast features Danielle Nierenberg of Food Tank to talk about the upcoming 1st Annual Food Tank Summit. The Summit will take place in Washington…
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Episode #163: Food Tank
Frank welcomes two guests who share some of the highlights of the upcoming Food Tank event. First up is Danielle Nierenberg, director of Food Tank and organizer of the Food…
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Development Without Precedent
In many ways economics is a historical science. Economists rely on historical data for the formulation of predictive models. Therefore, economics is a science of precedence. One of the most…
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World Bank: A chink in the armor
Historically, the World Bank and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of the world have been united in their “commitment to poverty alleviation and economic development in the Third World”. In other…
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Wrapping Up
After four months in Bolivia, today is officially my last day and the next couple of days I will spend traveling back to my home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It…
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The Cocalero
The Cocalero was born into a Quechua speaking family in the arid, rural valleys of Cochabamba, Bolivia. At the age of 15, his father left his mother, with 10 children,…
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The Agronomist
The agronomist is content to have his job. He spends an inordinate amount of time shuffling through papers, signing them or making sure they have the proper signatures (all 10…
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Organic Awakenings
The world is waking up to the promise of organic. Yes, the statistics are quoted quite often: an annual growth rate of 20%, and anticipated market of $30.7 billion by…
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A Mixed Blessing
Last Thursday I traveled to several rural areas outside of the city of Cochabamba to attend a day-long training in aquaculture systems. Part of the training involved a trip to…
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Que Verguenza
There is a fundamental difference between developed countries and the developing world. First World countries have institutionalized a culture of entrepreneurship. This is not to say that developing countries are…
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