Archive:Africa

• Poked, Prodded, Fried and Foamed: How Fancy Food Distracts Us from Reality

  By Relliott November 24, 2011

  Food. Some of us eat too much of it, and many more do not have enough to adequately survive.  The relationship between food and culture throughout history is incredibly complex, and even today is stu

  Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog Tags: Africa, celebrity, chef, cooking, famine, food, Food Network, hunger, reality, top chef

• Fusing the Social and the Technical: A Technology Assessment of FEWSNet and Positive Social Externalities in Burkina Faso

  By gnovisguest February 11, 2003

  Abstract: Focusing on the process of technological diffusion in participatory development, and studying it in practice, is fundamental to understanding how technology can improve development. Rogers

  Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal Tags: Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, development, FEWSNet, Technology Assessment, USAID