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The Vast Army Fighting Hunger Around the Globe

January 4th, 2018
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall L. Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse When it comes to agriculture research, no organization is as important to our farmers as is USDA and the Agriculture Research Service (ARS). ARS works with our land grant universities to support US farm… Read More
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Categories: For Export, Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Agriculture, Borlaug, CGIAR, CIMMYT, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Corn, Development, Edgar McFadden, Food, Genetics, Global Food Security, Green Revolution, Hope Wheat, Hunger, IFPRI, International Food Policy Research Institute, Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico, Research, Wheat

2015: The Year of Soils

December 22nd, 2014
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall L. Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse The United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared 2015 the International Year of Soils. The year kicked off on December 5, 2014, with events in Rome, New York and Chile, all in an… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Africa, African Agriculture, AGRA, Agri-Pulse, Agriculture, Andreas Weber, Arable Land, Bashir Jama, Borlaug, EQIP, Extension Services, FAO, Fertilizer, Food, Food Security, Green Revolution, Marshall L. Matz, NRCS, Seed, Smallholder, Soil, United Nations, USDA, Year of Soils

Feed the Future: A Bipartisan Opportunity

November 13th, 2014
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall L. Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse The “Feed the Future” initiative is aimed at improving agriculture productivity and economic development around the world. Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the both the House and Senate… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Africa, AGRA, Agriculture, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Feed the Future, Food, Food Security, Foreign Policy, FTF, G-8, Global Food Security Act, Green Revolution, Honduras, Hunger, Legislation, Malnutrition, Marshall L. Matz, Nutrition, President Obama, Raj Shah, Senegal, Smallholder, Tanzania, USAID, Vilsack, Zambia

Family Farms in Africa

November 12th, 2014
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall L. Matz and Peter B. Matz, as published by the National Farmers Union Kudos to National Farmers Union for recognizing the link between family farming and meeting the challenge of global food security. Family farms are indeed the key to en… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Africa, African Agriculture, AGRA, Agriculture, Agro-Dealer, Family Farm, Food, Food Security, Green Revolution, Hunger, Kofi Annan, Marshall L. Matz, National Farmers Union, Peter B. Matz, Smallholder, Strive Masiyiwa, United Nations

Climate Smart, Sustainable Agriculture

November 3rd, 2014
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall L. Matz and Peter B. Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse On September 29, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva issued a call for climate smart agriculture and a “paradig… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Africa, African Agriculture, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Borlaug, Climate Change, Climate-Smart, FAO, Food Security, Genetically Engineered, GMO, Green Revolution, José Graziano da Silva, Kendall Lamkey, Kenneth Cassman, Marshall L. Matz, Montpellier Panel, Organic, Peter B. Matz, Sustainability, United Nations

Africa Rising

September 23rd, 2014
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall L. Matz, as published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch According to Forbes Magazine, Mr. Strive Masiyiwa is the Bill Gates of Africa. The Econet Wireless Group headed by Masiyiwa and based in South Africa now operates in 17 countries, emplo… Read More
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Categories: USDA
Tags: Africa, African Agriculture, African Growth and Opportunity Act, African Union, AGRA, Agriculture, Feed the Future, Food, Food Security, Gates, Green Revolution, Kofi Annan, Marshall L. Matz, Smallholder, Strive Masiyiwa

Farming’s transformation starts to change Africa

July 31st, 2014
Contributor: Marshall L. Matz
By Marshall Matz, as published in the Des Moines Register Next month President Barack Obama is hosting an Africa summit with heads of state and corporate chief executive officers. The timing is excellent. Africa’s unique green revolution, with its… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy
Tags: Africa, Africa Union, African Agriculture, AGRA, Agriculture, Food Security, Green Revolution, Kofi Annan, Marshall L. Matz, President Obama, Smallholder, Trade, White House

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