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Agribusiness + Food Security

A small sample by theme of stories previously published in the UNOSSC (United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation) e-newsletter Development Challenges, South-South Solutions. It was published from 2006 to 2014.  Agribusiness + Food Security Southern Innovator Issue 3: Agribusiness and Food Security: How agribusiness and food security can help in the push to meet the […]

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US $1 Trillion Opportunity for Africa’s Agribusinesses Says Report

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY As the world’s population continues to grow – surpassing 9 billion people by 2050, the United Nations estimates – and more and more people move to urban areas, producing enough food to feed this population will be one of the biggest economic challenges and opportunities in the […]

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Rats a Solution in Food Crisis

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY The global food crisis continues to fuel food price inflation and send many into hunger and despair. Around the world, solutions are being sought to the urgent need for more and cheaper food. Right now there are 862 million undernourished people around the world (FAO), and U.N. […]

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War, Peace And Development | May 2018

Preface It could be said the world and the global order both stand at a crossroads. Countries have never been so connected as they are today because of the communications revolution that began in the 1990s. The trade linkages brought about by the most recent phase of globalization (post-1980s) have dramatically increased prosperity for some […]