Greenhouses Inspire Farmers in Yemen to Innovate

By Dorelyn Jose

August 21, 2013   |   0 comments

Farmer Mahdy Saleh Al Nagar, 25, is one of several Yemeni farmers inspired by innovations at the Sawan demonstration site in Sana’a. The site currently showcases a greenhouse that can produce up to 10 times more vegetables than a traditional field while using 92 percent fewer pesticides than other greenhouses....
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Computer courses keep Cambodian students in school

August 20, 2013

Ry Phanith is the smallest student in his ninth grade class at Bay Damram School in northwestern Cambodia—so short he has trouble reaching the pedals on his bike as struggles along rural roads each morning to get to class....
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Immigrant stories: Dual identity

August 12, 2013

Anitha Pai remembers the day in third grade when all the kids in her Edmond, Oklahoma, classroom brought in their baby photos to guess who was who. Her classmates struggled to identify which blonde toddler was which blonde classmate. Only one photo showed someone different: a little girl in a bright Indian outfit and a red bindi dot on her head....
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Leading experts building an AIDS-free generation

August 1, 2013

On the five-year anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief reauthorization, some of the foremost experts in HIV-focused programming say the science is there, but building an AIDS-free generation will require more than biomedical interventions....
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Building an AIDS-free generation: Science, Care & More

July 9, 2013

Recent biomedical advances in HIV prevention and treatment present great promise and opportunity for researchers and implementers. Multiple influences—including resources, proper investment and planning, sound systems, and psychosocial, behavioral and structural factors—drive the ultimate success of these advances....
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