Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu
Location: New York, NY
Initiative: AGRA-General
Geographic Focus: Africa
TERM of the Grant: 2/1/2008 – 6/30/2010
Amount: $368,600
for use by its Earth Institute in support of the meeting, "Scaling up the Global Financing of an African Green Revolution," to be held at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Italy, February 2008
Villgro, formerly Rural Innovations Network, works with small-holder farmers in rural India to develop, field test and commercialize inventions that can help significantly improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people.
Climate change isn't just a problem—it's also an opportunity. Consider New York City today with Venice-style canals and protective oyster reefs. Fresh urban visions like these, designed to thwart damage from rising sea levels and increasingly frequent storms, could have big payoffs in the future.
OpenMRS is improving health care in developing countries by providing the technical and medical experts, training and tools necessary to build open-source electronic medical record systems (EMRS).
Transportation policy is not a matter for policy wonks only. It can affect every aspect of Americans’ daily lives—from how much we have to spend on getting to work to whether our families can walk and ride the streets safely.