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Smallholder Farming and the Future of Food

Cambridge University•sms.cam.ac.uk
500 million smallholder farmers support over 2 billion people, yet for many, their future looks increasingly uncertain. What is the way forward for smallholders and for the future of food? Image courtesy of http://www.irri.org
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Smallholder Farming and the Future of Food

Professor Judi Wakhungu, Executive Director, African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya Professor Judi Wakhungu is the Executive Director of the African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS) in Nairobi, Kenya. She was most recently an Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Pennsylvania State University where she also served as the Director of the Women in the Sciences & Engineering (WISE) Institute. Prof. Wakhungu’s research interests include energy resources manage...

Mar 08, 2013•21 min

Smallholder Farming and the Future of Food

Dr Marion Guillou holds a doctorate in physico-chemistry, is a general engineer of the French Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, and a member of the French Academy of Agriculture. After being the Director-General of INRA from August 2000 to July 2004, Marion Guillou was nominated President of INRA in 2004. In 2009 she became President of AGREENIUM, the National Consortium for agriculture, food, animal health and the environment, founded by INRA, CIRAD, AgroParisTe...

Mar 08, 2013•15 min

Smallholder Farming and the Future of Food

Sam Dryden, Director, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sam Dryden, director of agricultural development, oversees foundation efforts to help millions of the world’s poorest farming families boost their productivity and incomes.

Mar 08, 2013•14 min
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