http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/27/from-birmingham-to-bamako-how-farmers-deal-with-drought/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/27/from-birmingham-to-bamako-how-farmers-deal-with-drought/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:01:53 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29829 A look at the tools and technologies farmers in Mali use to enhance their decision making in the face of droughts and other climate risks.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/27/from-birmingham-to-bamako-how-farmers-deal-with-drought/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/29/addressing-gender-inequality-through-agriculture-tiby-mali-mvp-women%e2%80%99s-horticulture-gardens/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/29/addressing-gender-inequality-through-agriculture-tiby-mali-mvp-women%e2%80%99s-horticulture-gardens/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:11:31 +0000 Uyen Kim Huynh http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=20227 It has been well-documented that increasing women’s financial power is one of the most effective ways to develop a country (see: World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development). Mali is no exception, but due to laws that limit the amount of land women can hold, Malian women work mainly on small plots as horticulture [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/29/addressing-gender-inequality-through-agriculture-tiby-mali-mvp-women%e2%80%99s-horticulture-gardens/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/13/informing-farmers-and-combatting-drought-in-mali/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/13/informing-farmers-and-combatting-drought-in-mali/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:13:17 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13646 A new case study authored by scientists at Mali's national meteorological service and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society chronicles a success story of linking farmers to climate information in response to the 1972-1984 drought.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/13/informing-farmers-and-combatting-drought-in-mali/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/23/world-tb-day/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/23/world-tb-day/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:05:19 +0000 Yanis Ben Amor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13115 To celebrate World Tuberculosis Day, the Earth Institute has linked with Becton Dickinson to improve the diagnosis of the disease in regions where it is needed most.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/23/world-tb-day/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:22:19 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8222 By Matt Berg, ICT Director, Millennium Villages Project To demonstrate the critical role technology can play in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty, the Earth Institute, Columbia University has partnered with Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Community Technology Skills program to establish a computer programmer training center at the Millennium Villages project (MVP) office [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/07/9988/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/07/9988/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:28:43 +0000 Samantha Tress http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9988 Last month I went to visit our Mali project site with two other Water Center staffers. We visited the village and garden where we worked last year (Koila Markala and Tibibas, respectively) and many other gardens where we hope to work in the future.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/07/9988/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/22/mcis-mdg-heroes-series-physicians-for-peaces-ron-sconyers-helps-millennium-cities-attain-health-related-mdgs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/22/mcis-mdg-heroes-series-physicians-for-peaces-ron-sconyers-helps-millennium-cities-attain-health-related-mdgs/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:09:22 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6920 Since 2006, Physicians for Peace (PfP), a U.S. based non-profit focused on providing health care training and education to developing countries, has been working with the Millennium Cities Initiative to help the Millennium Cities in their efforts to attain the Millennium Development Goals. Under the leadership of Brigadier General Ron Sconyers, PfP has shipped containers of life-saving medicines and medical equipment to the Millennium Cities in Mali and Senegal; has led several missions to research the most acute medical training needs in Millennium Cities in both east and west Africa; and has dispatched multiple surgical teams to perform fistula repair surgeries that have transformed the lives of many women and girls in Kaduna, Nigeria, and Segou, Mali. PfP has also been instrumental in advocating for a blood bank in Segou, Mali, which will bring millions of people access to safe blood transfers. To coincide with this week's UN MDG Summit, MCI interviewed this "MDG Hero" about his work with Physicians for Peace to advance health-related MDGs. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/22/mcis-mdg-heroes-series-physicians-for-peaces-ron-sconyers-helps-millennium-cities-attain-health-related-mdgs/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/22/irrigation-project-success-in-mali-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/22/irrigation-project-success-in-mali-2/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:36:43 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs-admin.ei.columbia.edu/?p=4954 Columbia Water Center is working in Mali, Africa, as part of its PepsiCo Foundation funded project to improve rural water use and livelihoods. The Mali component of the project aims to develop an effective irrigation system to improve agricultural productivity and food security. In recent months, CWC’s Mali-based staff signed a Memorandum of Understanding with [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/22/irrigation-project-success-in-mali-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/the-garden-on-the-tibibas-plain-mali-womens-ag-project-takes-off/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/the-garden-on-the-tibibas-plain-mali-womens-ag-project-takes-off/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 19:07:44 +0000 Columbia Water Center http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2822 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/27/the-garden-on-the-tibibas-plain-mali-womens-ag-project-takes-off/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/irrigation-project-success-in-mali/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/irrigation-project-success-in-mali/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 16:34:37 +0000 Daniel Stellar http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2699 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/irrigation-project-success-in-mali/feed/ 2