Ryan Nehring
@rnehring.bsky.social
Political economy of food and development
Reposted by Ryan Nehring
This year's World Food Prize, to Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria, seemed like a timely chance to describe Brazil's rise as a food exporting powerhouse. Replacing the USA as China's main soybean supplier.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The 'Oscar' of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria
This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This year's World Food Prize, to Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria, seemed like a timely chance to describe Brazil's rise as a food exporting powerhouse. Replacing the USA as China's main soybean supplier.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
There’s more to come on this topic, so stay tuned
🆕 📄 The political economy of agroecological transitions: key analytical dimensions
✍️ By Ben M. McKay, @rnehring.bsky.social, and Georgina Catacora-Vargas.
🔗 Read the #OpenAccess study here: doi.org/10.1080/0306...
@cgiar.org
✍️ By Ben M. McKay, @rnehring.bsky.social, and Georgina Catacora-Vargas.
🔗 Read the #OpenAccess study here: doi.org/10.1080/0306...
@cgiar.org
February 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
There’s more to come on this topic, so stay tuned
Reposted by Ryan Nehring
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵