Nourishing the Planet
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In July of 2009, the Worldwatch Institute
received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a two-year research project assessing agricultural innovations that nourish people and the planet. Nourishing the Planet will provide policy makers, farmers and donors with research on practical and sustainable solutions for alleviating hunger and poverty around the globe.
The project will culminate in the Worldwatch Institute’s flagship publication, State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet. The 27th edition of State of the World
will be accompanied by online resources sharing information about agricultural innovations that have been proven to improve livelihoods and reduce hunger. Danielle Nierenberg, co-director of Nourishing the Planet, spent a year traveling to over 25 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, meeting and interviewing over 200 projects and individuals with different non-profits and farmers groups collecting information on sustainable agriculture
innovations that are improving to food security.
State of the World 2011 launched on January 12th in New York City at WNYC Radio's The Greene Space, with a global teleconference call. The 15th annual State of the World Symposium 2011 took place a week later on January 19th in Washington DC at the Carnegie International Center for Peace. The book has also been successfully launched in Ahmedabad and Delhi in India, Helsinki in Finland, and Copenhagen Denmark, and will soon launch in Berlin and Hamburg in Germany, Rome, Bologna, and Turin in Italy and Barcelona in Spain.
The Nourishing the Planet blog (www.nourishingtheplanet.org) now has components in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The blog features a weekly innovations series, interviews with food and agriculture experts from around the globe and a comprehensive listing of press clips from international newspapers and magazines that have featured the project. Danielle and the Nourishing the Planet project's research has been highlighted in publications such as the New York Times, Mail & Guardian, Vancouver Sun, The Korea Herald, the Christian Science Monitor, the Seattle Times, USA Today, AllAfrica, and many more.
Partner organizations include World Neighbors
, Ecoagriculture Partners, Heifer International
, Rodale Institute, Slow Food International, International Fund for Agricultural Development
and the Global Water Policy Project
.
Worldwatch Institute
The Worldwatch Institute is a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. Worldwatch was named as one of the top ten sustainable development research organizations by Globescan Survey of Sustainability Experts.-Mission:...
received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a two-year research project assessing agricultural innovations that nourish people and the planet. Nourishing the Planet will provide policy makers, farmers and donors with research on practical and sustainable solutions for alleviating hunger and poverty around the globe.
The project will culminate in the Worldwatch Institute’s flagship publication, State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet. The 27th edition of State of the World
State of the World
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will be accompanied by online resources sharing information about agricultural innovations that have been proven to improve livelihoods and reduce hunger. Danielle Nierenberg, co-director of Nourishing the Planet, spent a year traveling to over 25 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, meeting and interviewing over 200 projects and individuals with different non-profits and farmers groups collecting information on sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment...
innovations that are improving to food security.
State of the World 2011 launched on January 12th in New York City at WNYC Radio's The Greene Space, with a global teleconference call. The 15th annual State of the World Symposium 2011 took place a week later on January 19th in Washington DC at the Carnegie International Center for Peace. The book has also been successfully launched in Ahmedabad and Delhi in India, Helsinki in Finland, and Copenhagen Denmark, and will soon launch in Berlin and Hamburg in Germany, Rome, Bologna, and Turin in Italy and Barcelona in Spain.
The Nourishing the Planet blog (www.nourishingtheplanet.org) now has components in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The blog features a weekly innovations series, interviews with food and agriculture experts from around the globe and a comprehensive listing of press clips from international newspapers and magazines that have featured the project. Danielle and the Nourishing the Planet project's research has been highlighted in publications such as the New York Times, Mail & Guardian, Vancouver Sun, The Korea Herald, the Christian Science Monitor, the Seattle Times, USA Today, AllAfrica, and many more.
Partner organizations include World Neighbors
World Neighbors
World Neighbors is a non-profit international development organization that works with some of the most remote and marginalized communities in ecologically fragile areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America...
, Ecoagriculture Partners, Heifer International
Heifer International
Heifer International is a global nonprofit with the goal of ending poverty and hunger in a sustainable fashion. Established in 1944, Heifer International gives out gifts of livestock, seeds and trees and extensive training to those in need...
, Rodale Institute, Slow Food International, International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Fund for Agricultural Development
The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
and the Global Water Policy Project
Global Water Policy Project
The Global Water Policy Project was founded by Sandra Postel in 1994. The Project is an environmental research organisation based in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.Its aim is to promote the conservation and sustainable use of Earth’s fresh water...
.