As scientists make progress against Ug99, a fungus that threatens wheat crops worldwide, new methods to produce and distribute disease-resistant seeds must also be developed.
Stalking a Wheat Killer
Ug99, a fungal disease known as wheat rust, could destroy 80 percent of all known wheat varieties. Scientists in Kenya's Rift Valley are joining a global fight against it.
Experts in Kenya report steady advances in developing varieties of wheat resistant to the stem-rust disease that threatens an essential crop. But progress is slow—and the stakes are high.
Pulitzer Center grantees will talk at Saint Mary's University-Winona about the struggles of delivering enough food to a growing world population.
Pulitzer Center grantees will talk at Saint Mary's University in Minnesota about how to deliver enough food to a growing world population.
Four freelance journalists from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting shared their perspectives on the future of journalism in a speech Monday night.
Reporters, photographers and videographers address the challenges - and opportunities - of freelance foreign reporting in today's turbulent media market
This film was created by Chicago Public School students with Free Spirit Media, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting presents "Hungry? Frontline on the Threats to the Global Food Supply" at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Growing Peril: A multimedia presentation on global food insecurity
Friday, October 2 at 12:30 p.m.
Dean's Conference Room
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Fred de Sam Lazaro is director of the Project for Under-Told Stories at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, a program that combines international journalism and teaching. He has served with The...
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Through mid-2007, Sharon was a reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, most recently as a foreign correspondent. She currently writes for the innovative news site MinnPost.com. In 2003,...