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Danielle Nierenberg - WorldWatch Agriculture
It's taken me a while to find the person I really wanted to shadow for this mission and I’ve found some other resources that I thought you might be interested in, so I am telling you some of what I found on the way. I started looking at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. I found CGIAR Climate on Twitter and their blog.
One of the Centres involved in CGIAR is the World Agroforestry Research Centre, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The World Agroforestry Centre have an amazing video on their site showing an agroforestry initiative in Uganda and the huge difference it is making in the lives of people there. A planting scheme including fertilizer trees, fruit trees, and trees for fuel wood seems to have had a dramatic impact already on quality of life.
I also looked at the work of another of CGIAR's centres, the International Livestock Research Institute, also based in Nairobi.
Through the ILRI News blog, featuring an interview with of their scientists, I found out about the work of Danielle Nierenberg, a Senior Researcher with the WorldWatch Institute and Co-director of ‘Nourishing the Planet’ project, working towards the State of the World 2011 report on the world’s agriculture. This aims to be
Here’s a bit more about the Nourishing the Planet project from the blog introduction:
This has really gripped me! She’s doing exactly the kind of thing I find interesting – using the work of researchers from all kinds of disciplines, and putting it together with a definite strategic purpose – to feed the people of this planet sustainably. She’s looking outwards from the evidence of the best practice towards the communications and investment infrastructure that will work best to integrate the solutions into worldwide communication and investment context. This is real bright green stuff. They have a survey link in English and French from the project’s blog to gather suggestions about brilliant agricultural innovations from readers – that’s a very sensible use of an audience of interested and potentially well-informed readers who may have useful specialist knowledge.
It seems to be a well-designed project which will integrate highly diverse information sources to the best of purposes, working towards a specific, well-targeted outcome. I am a fan! I have subscribed to her blog, found her on Twitter http://twitter.com/worldwatchag and I’m working out what to write in an email to let her know how much I admire her work and will be following with interest.
One of the Centres involved in CGIAR is the World Agroforestry Research Centre, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
"Farmers have practised agroforestry for years. Agroforestry focuses on the wide range of working trees grown on farms and in rural landscapes. Among these are fertilizer trees for land regeneration, soil health and food security; fruit trees for nutrition; fodder trees that improve smallholder livestock production; timber and fuelwood trees for shelter and energy; medicinal trees to combat disease; and trees that produce gums, resins or latex products. Many of these trees are multipurpose, providing a range of benefits." from their site
The World Agroforestry Centre have an amazing video on their site showing an agroforestry initiative in Uganda and the huge difference it is making in the lives of people there. A planting scheme including fertilizer trees, fruit trees, and trees for fuel wood seems to have had a dramatic impact already on quality of life.
I also looked at the work of another of CGIAR's centres, the International Livestock Research Institute, also based in Nairobi.
“ILRI’s strategy uses science to overcome problems in animal agriculture in developing countries. Address new opportunities and challenges presented by an increasing demand for livestock products globally. Our work encompa**** strategic and adaptive research and spans the discovery to delivery continuum. ILRI conducts research in systems analysis and impact a****sment; people, livestock and environments livestock policy analysis; livestock health; livestock feeds and nutrition; livestock genetics and genomics; strengthening partnerships for livestock research; smallholder dairy; smallholder livestock systems to name but a few.”
Through the ILRI News blog, featuring an interview with of their scientists, I found out about the work of Danielle Nierenberg, a Senior Researcher with the WorldWatch Institute and Co-director of ‘Nourishing the Planet’ project, working towards the State of the World 2011 report on the world’s agriculture. This aims to be
“... a roadmap for foundations and international donors interested in supporting the most effective agricultural development interventions in various agroecological and socioeconomic contexts.”
"Worldwatch Institute delivers the insights and ideas that empower decision makers to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs. Worldwatch focuses on the 21st-century challenges of climate change, resource degradation, population growth, and poverty by developing and disseminating solid data and innovative strategies for achieving a sustainable society." from here.
Here’s a bit more about the Nourishing the Planet project from the blog introduction:
“The Nourishing the Planet project will a****s the state of agricultural innovations—from cropping methods to irrigation technology to agricultural policy—with an emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and ecosystem health, as well as productivity. The project aims to both inform global efforts to eradicate hunger and raise the profile of these efforts. The project will also consider the institutional infrastructure needed by each of the approaches analyzed, suggesting what sort of companion investments are likely to determine success—from local seed banks to processing facilities, from pro-poor value chains to marketing bureaus.”
This has really gripped me! She’s doing exactly the kind of thing I find interesting – using the work of researchers from all kinds of disciplines, and putting it together with a definite strategic purpose – to feed the people of this planet sustainably. She’s looking outwards from the evidence of the best practice towards the communications and investment infrastructure that will work best to integrate the solutions into worldwide communication and investment context. This is real bright green stuff. They have a survey link in English and French from the project’s blog to gather suggestions about brilliant agricultural innovations from readers – that’s a very sensible use of an audience of interested and potentially well-informed readers who may have useful specialist knowledge.
It seems to be a well-designed project which will integrate highly diverse information sources to the best of purposes, working towards a specific, well-targeted outcome. I am a fan! I have subscribed to her blog, found her on Twitter http://twitter.com/worldwatchag and I’m working out what to write in an email to let her know how much I admire her work and will be following with interest.
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Comment by Ayala Sherbow on March 16, 2010 at 12:42am
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excellent info! thanks for sharing!
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Comment by The Garden Earth Project on March 16, 2010 at 4:28am
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Congratulations on finding the right hero to shadow!
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Comment by Saiduzzaman Pulak on March 16, 2010 at 5:30pm
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Yes she is a great hero........!
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