The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the launch of its new Water Finance Website at World Water Week in Stockholm on August 19. The website is designed to improve the financing of water sanitation and hygiene (WSH) services in developing countries.

Pakistan's Department of Agriculture and Livestock has recently launched an online portal to help farmers get the best information about market prices.  Often, farmers' harvests are priced by middle men who pay lower than market prices in order to increase profits.

The inaugural African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) closed its call for proposals and has exceeded expectations by collecting 733 business proposals.

© 2009 IFPRI/Michele PietrowskiAs Baher Magulu sells maize flour to his customers at the Cashworth Mini Mart in Entebbe, Uganda, he doesn’t conceal his own surprise at the high price.

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Do you have an innovation for water, agriculture, nutrition, or rural development? Enter to win the Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value.

The Global Development Commons congratulates Pascal Katana, a Fourth Year Student at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Nairobi, Kenya on his two new inventions which will enhance food security and renewable energy usage.