http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/18/getting-to-the-root-of-africa%e2%80%99s-soil-problems/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/18/getting-to-the-root-of-africa%e2%80%99s-soil-problems/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:41:23 +0000 Rebecca Greenwald http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16940 Agrium Incorporated and The Mosaic Company have partnered with the Earth Institute’s Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program (TropAg) to improve soil measurement and fertility throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.  The program will link the Millennium Villages Project to the African Soil and Information Systems Project (AfSIS) with the aim of assessing nutrient depletion in soil and [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/18/getting-to-the-root-of-africa%e2%80%99s-soil-problems/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/26/an-african-green-revolution-can-the-continent-become-agriculturally-self-sufficient/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/26/an-african-green-revolution-can-the-continent-become-agriculturally-self-sufficient/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:24:10 +0000 Urania Mylonas http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7927 What will it take for Africa to feed itself? Can the continent double its current crop yields and provide food not only for itself, but for export to outside markets? How can African farmers become as productive as their global peers? These and other questions were presented on October 11 by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who joined Jeff Sachs on Columbia’s campus to discuss Africa’s agricultural future. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/26/an-african-green-revolution-can-the-continent-become-agriculturally-self-sufficient/feed/ 1