In Search of a Chain Reaction

Building agricultural value chains may raise farmers’ incomes and make it easier to produce safer, more nutritious food.

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A Potato of a Different Color

A recent HarvestPlus project managed to rapidly integrate orange sweet potatoes into the diets of rural households accustomed to eating white and yellow varieties.

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Penny Wise and Pound Foolish?

42% of the world’s poor now depend on degraded lands for food and income, yet little serious effort has been made to reverse land degradation.

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In Focus

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Bottom Up

Local initiative creates a thriving cluster of potato producers in China. Now Anding has become China’s “potato capital.”

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Changing Their Ways

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In Brief

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Rebuilding Agriculture in the DRC

The DRC abounds in mineral and natural resources, but after decades of conflict, it is economically destitute. But the country may be turning a corner.

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Do Women Think Differently about GM Crops?

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In Numbers

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Milk It for All It’s Worth

March 22, 2012

The dairy value chain shows where to find the greatest risks to milk quality and safety.

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Two Maize Value Chains in Nicaragua

March 22, 2012

Infographic shows the relative profitability of selling dry maize vs. packaged fresh corncobs.