For more than a century, countries around the world have recognized school meals as a powerful tool for preventing hunger among the most vulnerable children and easing financial pressure on struggling households. Now, in the face of complex and evolving global crises such as failing food systems, malnutrition, educational challenges, economic instability, and climate change, […]
Transforming rural livelihoods: Lessons from the Africa RISING program
Sustainable agricultural development has long been heralded as a vital pathway to alleviating poverty and hunger in Africa, where smallholder farming predominates across diverse landscapes and local conditions changing due to climate impacts and other factors. Sustainable intensification (SI) approaches—tailored to local conditions—offer a range of farming techniques designed to improve growing conditions, yields, and […]
Trust the messenger? The role of AI transparency in policy research communication
A key objective of research is to ensure that audiences—including scientists, policymakers, and lay readers—find it valuable and apply it effectively. Yet, communicating research to these audiences is rarely straightforward. Readers are inundated with information, making accessible, understandable communication critical. Trust in the credibility of the content and its authors is also essential. Generative artificial […]
When school overlaps with farming: Measuring reduced educational advancement and simulating solutions in Africa
The annual school and agricultural calendars exercise near-universal influence on life in the developing world, yet until recently there was little research on the interaction between the two. In the United States, it’s a widely held belief that the typical school calendar developed around the already existing farming calendar. While some debate this (Fischel (2006) argues […]
Unleashing the potential of Generation Z for food system transformation in Africa
Africa’s population is the youngest of any region, with more than 400 million young people aged 15 to 35 out of a total of 1.5 billion. But even though rising numbers of this cohort—a “youth bulge”—enter the labor market every year, African economies are still struggling to create opportunities for them, leading to high rates of youth unemployment across […]
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