Welcome to the Nourishing the Planet project diary on FireDogLake. As world hunger numbers top 1 billion, we are reporting from on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa to both inform global efforts to eradicate hunger and raise the profile of these efforts. Meeting with farmers, farmers groups, NGO’s, journalists, funders, and policy makers, the Nourishing the Planet is assessing the state of agricultural innovations—from cropping methods to irrigation technology to agricultural policy—and highlighting the all too often untold stories of hope and success.

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

This interview with Raj Patel, award-winning writer, activist and academic, was originally featured as a two part series on Nourishing the Planet.

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack.

Danielle Nierenberg meets with Gertrude Hambira, General Secretary of General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ). Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

Cross posted form Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack.

In this regular series, we profile advisors to the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Louise Buck, Senior Extension Associate at Cornell University. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

This is the first in a two-part series about Nourishing the Planet co-director Danielle Nierenberg’s visit with COMACO in Zambia. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’sNourishing the Planet.