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06/03/2017

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05/18/2017

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11/07/2016

Sitting here working (as usual) and after almost a decade conducting research on and implementing global food security initiatives (especially in Africa)....It amazes me how little the narrative has changed....in some ways its even worse....and it really just doesn't need to be....how is it this hard? :/

02/10/2016

Excellent

01/28/2016

Africa has been stereotyped. Although there are 54 individual countries that make up the continent, there is one perception that’s consistently represented - hopeless poverty. These films will go a way to helping you understand the complex nature of the continent and it's place on the world stage.

01/28/2016

This first installment of a three-part blog series will discuss what Fintrac learned about the fresh vegetable value chain on the Cambodia HARVEST...

01/28/2016

After I had the privilege of interning with CTI last summer, I spent the 2015 fall semester studying international development in Senegal—where CTI’s work has a profound impact. I saw this firsthand when I lived in Tattaguine, a small village 100 km southeast of Senegal’s capital, Dakar.

01/21/2016

LOVE IT!!!!

Shypmate is a peer-to-peer delivery service that allows individuals buy products online and get it delivered through home-bound travelers, especially Nigeria and Ghana

01/03/2016

2016 is finally here and we have so much to look forward to! This past year has seen tough times for Africa and the strength and resilience our partners have shown is beyond inspiring! We are excited to resume our work with you all, especially on the Africa Breadfruit Initiative. FAI is also excited about work on the domestic front here in Chicago. I hope this will be the best year yet! Happy New Year everyone....let's get busy!

06/01/2015

So happy to see this!!! Breadfruit does hold great potential for so many people all over the world and we are so happy to be a part of this effort to improve global access to such a versatile hunger solution.

With the global population projected by the United Nations to hit 9.6 billion by 2050, producing enough healthy food in a sustainable manner will be a challenge.

07/24/2014

FAI IS HAPPY TO BE PARTNERING ON THIS EVENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES.

05/10/2014

Aliko Dangote has announced plans to invest $2.3 billion in rice and sugar production in Nigeria’s northern region. The investment is apart of a plan to help combat poverty and insurgency in the nation.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Dangote said that creating jobs was a crucial way of putting an end to the insurgency that has plagued the northern region in the last few years.