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Malawi, Millennium Village
Residents of the Millennium Village in Malawi speak about the transformation occuring in their village as a result of the Millennium Villages Project.
Global Food Production and Hunger
Scientists from the Earth Institute at Columbia University recently highlighted a critical global issue that is highly susceptible to world market fluctuations and afflicts millions of people: chronic hunger.
Improving Agriculture in Africa
Soil fertility techniques developed by Pedro Sanchez are helping villages in Africa get out of poverty. In this video, Sanchez explains how simple, scalable methods are transforming a village in Sauri, Kenya. Sanchez is a tropical soil expert and Director of the Millennium Villages Project. Sanchez is shown, left, with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and some of this year's crops in Sauri, Kenya which flourished using his techniques.
Sachs Student Lecture: Progress and Challenges in the Millennium Villages
The Earth Institute's Office of Academic and Research Programs Student Lecture presents "Progress and Challenges in the Millennium Villages," with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.