Look at “Thinking Big by Starting Small” in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer which was co-written with Stephanie Hanson, the Director of Policy and Research at the One Acre Fund.
Here is how it begins: “It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the fact that 1 billion people worldwide are going to bed hungry every night. And, in the United States, it is easy to look at sub-Saharan Africa—where the majority of people depend on agriculture for their livelihood but still do not get enough to eat—and want to just throw money at the problem. Or worse, to give up hope…”
Please click HERE to read more.
A second article was written for Uganda’s New Vision newspaper and was a response to a recent piece called “Only 7% of women own land.”
Here is how it begins: “The article highlighted the incredible economic disadvantage and risk to food security women face when they cannot own land. More important than exposing this inequity, however, is recognising the need for innovative programmes and tools to improve access to land, resources, and agricultural training for women.” Click HERE to read more.
Original at borderjumpers1.blogspot.com
Bernard Pollack, an expert on local labor movements and communications, is currently traveling across the continent of Africa with his partner Danielle Nierenberg BorderJumpers.org, meeting with farmers, community organizers, labor activists/leaders, non-governmental organization (NGOs), the funding and donor communities, and others.
His travel writing from Africa has recently been featured in the Montreal Gazette, the NC News Observer, the Omaha World-Herald, and the Des Moines Register.
He holds an M.A. in Political Management from The George Washington University School of Political Management and a B.A. from the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
