How Climate-Resilient Chickens Could Help Fight Poverty

How Climate-Resilient Chickens Could Help Fight Poverty

“How old do you think these chickens are?” Levy Phiri asked the crowd, after scooping four multicolored birds out of a crate and setting them down in the courtyard outside the primary school in Kambvumbe, a village in Zambia’s rural Eastern Province. The roughly 200 people who came out in the midafternoon heat for this … Read more

Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor

Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor

Roy L. Prosterman, a lawyer who left a lucrative corporate law practice to champion land reform in the underdeveloped world, died on Feb. 27 at his home in Seattle. He was 89. His death was announced by the Seattle land-rights institute Landesa, of which he was a founder. The organization did not specify a cause. … Read more