Nourishing the Planet

Nourishing the Planet

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.


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