I follow the work of the Food and Climate Research Network quite closely. They have a great newsletter that includes updates and also commentary. A few days ago, we received...

Call for papers for an exciting new journal: SITOPOLIS is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed and open access journal focussing on urban and peri-urban agriculture and systems of urban and regional food provisioning in...

John has a very diverse and productive farm. On his 2 acre farm he grows potatoes, beans, peas and raises chickens and cows for milk. He noted that he does...

I mentioned in a post last week that I would be providing short profiles of some of the people we met while doing field work in Kenya.  The first profile...

As I mentioned in my last post, I am in Kenya to elaborate a research proposal. The basic idea is to look at challenges and opportunities related to inclusive development. Last...

Hello from Kenya where I am working on a proposal on Institutional Change for Inclusive Development. Over the next few weeks I will be posting short stories and insights from our...

Last year I spoke at a workshop on gender and food security The summary has been posted: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/foodsecurity/newsandevents/pastevents/genderfs This workshop addressed the international gender dimensions of food security, focusing on women as producers...