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Meet London Agency Creative Director Matt Scutt

bySofia Holmberg - Undergraduate in Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation

March 7, 2016

Matt Scutt is the Creative Director of London Agency, working across a variety of mediums: photography, television and music. Although he started off as a painter, he quickly...

Health

An Honest And Ironic Job Description Of A Doctor

byAlessia Minicozzi, (Ph.D., M.B.E.)

March 4, 2016

Reflecting on the state of the healthcare system in the United States brings many to consider better constructs to aid...

Art

On the Streets with Chandan Khanna

byAmeera Khorakiwala

March 4, 2016

Chandan Khanna is a photojournalist based in New Delhi, India working with Agence France-Presse. His Instagram feed features candid snapshots...

Uganda, Kapchorwa. January 2009

Annet Muchas, 25 years old, harvests maize in Kapchorwa, Uganda. She and her husbands’ harvest yields approximately 20 bags per season, of which they sell a quarter to generate cash to support their family. This maize will bring them approximately 250,000 Ugandan Shillings or $150 US dollars. The World Food Program has created a local purchase program to assist local farmers in market and agricultural support programs pumping millions of dollars into the local economy.

Uganda is one of WFP’s biggest suppliers of locally purchased food. Through local purchases and the Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative, WFP is exploring a major opportunity to help the Government address agricultural development needs in surplus-producing regions.

The volume of WFP’s annual local purchases can provide strong production incentives to smallholders. When food prices are high, demand from local communities may diminish; however, WFP as a stable, major buyer will
provide assured demand for the goods. Currently, the country office purchases most of its maize grain and beans within the country. By expanding the range of food products procured, WFP should be able to significantly increase its local purchases while diversifying the diet of beneficiaries.

Photo: WFP/Vanessa Vick

Philanthropy

An Accelerator with a Development Impact

byHilary Elliot - Teacher

March 3, 2016

HOW THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME USES INNOVATION TO FIGHT HUNGER My first introduction to the United Nations and organizations such...

Essays

Impakter Essay: The Obesity Epidemic

byEdmund Weisberg

March 3, 2016

Convergence of Culture, Commerce, and Communications An epidemic of obesity has been acknowledged for several years in the US, with...

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