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Children in rural Kenya are more susceptible to disease and death the farther away they live from clean drinking water, according to Stanford researchers.
Big year for FSI's David Lobell

GMOs could have a role in preventing hunger, says FSE director Roz Naylor

Stanford scholars find varying quality of education in BRICs

Irrigation waters more than crops in Africa
A new study by Center on Food Security and the Environment researchers finds that smallholder irrigation systems - those in which water access (via pump or human power), distribution (furrow, watering can, sprinkler, drip lines, etc.), and use all occur at or near the same location - have great potential to reduce hunger, raise incomes and improve development prospects in an area of the
Commentary on "Water and Agriculture in a Changing Africa"
I was honored and humbled to be asked to serve as a discussant for this final leg of the Gates Symposium Series, and in particular to have the opportunity to share the discussion with John Briscoe. The goal of this series is to understand how lessons from other times and places might inform an effective and sustainable effort to eliminate food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – the one region in the world where widespread lack of access to sufficient food is still deeply entrenched. Moreover, this series has focused on and featured speakers with extensive on-the-ground work.

Smallholder irrigation a development priority in sub-Saharan Africa
Stuck in the mud: Stanford’s scholarly farmer on the soggy fortunes of Midwest growers
Swinnen commentary on "How can trade improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa?"
Johan Swinnen, Visiting Professor at Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Enviroment, comments on Kym Anderson's Global Food Policy and Food Security Symposium paper on "How can trade improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa?".
World's staple crops to see increasing exposure to extreme heat, say Stanford researchers

Seeds of Sustainability wins 2013 ESA Sustainability Science Award

Bringing a green and blue revolution to Africa
Stanford scientists urge action on global climate change
FSE Fulbright scholar leads climate adaptation workshops in Colombia

Water and agriculture in a changing Africa: What might be done?

How to Feed the World Without Deforesting the Planet
Discussant comments on “China’s Agricultural Development and Policies: Are There Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa?”
China is indeed an intriguing potential role model for developing nations in quest of rapid economic growth and successful poverty reduction. It has not only sustained an average annual GDP growth rate of 10 percent between 1980 and 2011, it has also been extraordinarily successful at reducing poverty, taking more than 650 million people out of extreme poverty over the period. These are two extraordinary feats. It is, however, often said that China is a unique case, with few transposable lessons due to its exceptional size and past.

Expert says Obama's food aid reform has good ideas, bad chance for passage

Scott Rozelle on How Agriculture Vitalized China's Economy
Video: Understanding the limits of crops under extreme heat
