Sustainable Development

The Foundation works with other organizations to promote food and nutrition security by empowering small holder farmers in Africa, and encouraging investment throughout the agricultural value chain. The Foundation also builds awareness and promotes policy and institutional development to achieve sustainable development in an era of climate change.

Sustainable Development | January 2012 | Financial Times

Africans sow seeds of green revolution

Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy...

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Sustainable Development | December 2011 | Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development

Realizing sustaunable development is the challenge of our time...

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Sustainable Development | December 2011 | Durban, South Africa

“The Importance of Investment in Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa”

We all have a part to play...

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Sustainable Development | November 2011 | Stanford

Food Security is a Global Challenge

Find answers to hunger now...

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Sustainable Development | May 2011 | New York

Democratic Values and Leadership By A New Generation, SIPA Commencement Address 2011

Take up the challenge...

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Sustainable Development | March 2011 | London

Royal Africa Society Annual Lecture: Transforming Africa's Role in the Global Security System

We need to put the emphasis on a genuine smallholder led green revolution

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Sustainable Development | March 2011 | Financial Times

Prix Pictet 2011

American Power...

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Sustainable Development | February 2011 | Le Figaro

We need another Gleneagles moment...

France is off to a good start...

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Sustainable Development | November 2010 | Geneva, Switzerland

Coping with Climate Change, with Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan narrates the Google Earth Tour, explaining the human side of climate change…

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