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A network of researchers spanning from the United States to France to Rwanda has found common cause in working to solve a grave agricultural challenge facing Rwanda. In the tiny African country, around 90% of the population works in agriculture, and coffee constitutes almost a quarter of all agricultural exports. Spurred by government and international…

Sparked by France’s passage of a recent law making it illegal for supermarkets to waste food, Al Jazeera produced a 30 minute piece on an issue central to GKI’s work on innovation for global development:   food loss. France’s bold new law forces stores to donate unsold food to charities or animal feed instead of discarding…

GKI wrapped up the Coffee Collaboration Colloquium on March 18, 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda and we’re proud to announce it was a great success.  More details to come, but for now we’d like to thank our sponsors–WeatherSafe and Counter Culture Coffee–once more, and share some photos from the event.

After years of off-and-on droughts and with the specter of continued climate change looming, Kenya faces an enormous challenge in providing access to water to its citizens.  Many rural and poor urban communities do not have access to clean, safe water.  One reason for this: large parts of the country are arid or semi-arid, and…

John Thumbi never thought he would be an international trainer.  Raised in Mweiga, Central Kenya by his grandparents, John grew up with little money and distinctly inauspicious prospects.  He did not complete secondary school, and—as a young adult—had no marketable skill.  In 2009, however, John discovered the Children and Youth Empowerment Center (CYEC), a non-profit…