SALZBURG DAY 3: ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member You join us on the final day of the ‘Toward a Green Revolution in Africa?’ conference here in Salzburg, Austria, where the emphasis will…

SALZBURG DAY 2: INNOVATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR WHOM?

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member There was much talk across the group and plenary sessions about the importance of coordination and alignment of initiatives and institutions. This is happening…

SALZBURG DAY 2: REACHING THE HARD TO REACH

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Talking about a Green Revolution on a global level is the easy part, but how will the Green Revolution reach out to those that…

SALZBURG DAY 2: DATA AND LEARNING DIVIDE

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member See photos from Salzburg Why didn’t we know about the current food crisis until the urban poor of Africa took to the streets in…

SALZBURG DAY 2: RAINBOW REVOLUTIONS AND SILVER BULLETS

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member See photos from Salzburg The conference may be titled Toward a Green Revolution in Africa, but the colour of the revolution began to change…

SALZBURG DAY 2: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member See photos from Salzburg Guten Morgan, and welcome once again to Salzburg, where the clouds have descended upon the city, but inside the Schloss…

SALZBURG DAY 1: AFRICAN CONTEXT IS ALL

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member See photos from SalzburgA Green Revolution in Africa must be grounded firmly in an African context, taking African biodiversity, climates, cultures and peoples into…

SALZBURG DAY 1: WOMEN ARE THE KEY

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member If there is going to be one issue that everyone agrees on this week it looks set to be that women are the key…

SALZBURG DAY 1: EMERGING THEMES – EQUITY

By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Equity is set to be one of the hottest topics of debate this week. How the benefits of an African Green Revolution are distributed…