Blog for People, Food and Nature

“The landscape we visited was almost unable to function in an integrated way anymore” - the rather depressed conclusion of the participants who set out to visit the Maasai Corridor as part of the Nairobi International Forum learning activities. Scaling up innovation? In this case, it is scaling down. And at the v…

By Hans Herren, Director Millennium Institute, Washington, DC, USA In 2008, a UN-commissioned effort, the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD), took a comprehensive look at the current global agriculture and food situation. The IAASTD report warns that con…

The agricultural research agenda must reflect farmers’ priorities if they are to benefit from landscape approaches. Research investments work toward improving the productivity of indigenous crops valuable to farmers’ nutrition and livelihood objectives—a much-needed departure from the longstanding emphasis on glo…

The second day of the International Forum in Nairobi and time to put the participants to work. The mission?  To get an African elephant on roller skates to change direction. Landscapes for People, Food and Nature is a three-year initiative with three components: conducting a global review to build and communicate the …

The need for a common vision – catching crabs in a stream in Ghana – and rain shower of words –highlights from the opening session of the Landscapes for People, Food and Nature International Forum, Tuesday morning in Nairobi, Kenya. It is well documented that many of today’s agricultural practices—along with…

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