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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Mustapha would be lucky to harvest 1.4 metric tons of maize—one-fifth the yield farmers in Brazil and China can expect. To match their production, he'd need to invest about $500 per hectare. But Mustapha earned only around $600 a year—and... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
materials," says Shelman.) Most processors try to pay farmers as little as possible for their tomatoes. They enter contracts with farmers early in the year, but in years with large harvests they might find reasons to discount that price... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
Bloom: In Mali with local dignitaries at rice harvest in newly irrigated fields. Photo courtesy Jonathan Bloom It seems poetic justice when someone named Bloom is involved in an exciting experiment that’s blossomed and bearing fruit.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kelly O’Neil
our yard, which was so much more alive than my neighbours' dull lawns. It was an urban garden so big, my sister and I made it our own personal city. We would plant Carrot Road, daydream while wandering down Sweet Pea Avenue, and feast on the sweet View Details
- Web
Community | HBS Online
five-year anniversary. Here’s what our nonprofit partners had to say: Play the Challenge's five-year anniversary Video Since launching the Community Challenge, HBS Online has collaborated with: The Greater Boston Food Bank to help achieve its goal of ending hunger... View Details
- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
of the same exfoliating and renewing properties as glycolic acid, without its harsh side effects. (The substance is harvested without damaging the newborn salmon.) On a quick visit to celebrate her 25th Reunion, Pao took part in a panel... View Details
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
test kits to fund frontier research into cardio diagnostics. More risky than pursuing blockbusters is not to pursue them, to condemn your enterprise to a lifetime of slave labor harvesting the long tail of micro-opportunities rather than... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
was the most important event in our history,” says Kwiker of the club’s first visit by an HBS Dean in twenty years. As for other monthly events, club members participate in educational luncheons, trips to the symphony, and, most recently, the Northwest View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John R. Davis
tagging and immunizing all calves. In the decade that he has run the ranch, Davis has increased production fourfold. He uses a method of “rotational cell grazing” that takes advantage of cattle's natural ability to harvest the land by... View Details
- Web
Latin America - Global Activities 2021
Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999, right) HBS Online Offers a Social Entrepreneurship Challenge In May 2020, Harvard Business School Online (HBS Online) announced a partnership with Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), kicking off the second... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
whom are women, who average under a dollar a day per capita income. Since cassava spoils within three days of harvesting, it is traditionally used in small-scale family cooking. Roughly 40 percent of the annual harvest is lost due to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
harvest data with one another to help find the best performing seeds—which represented their largest variable expense. The idea quickly evolved into developing a completely independent, farmer-driven information source identifying top... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
business due to price increases because of the Russia-Ukraine war. The Van den Ende brothers shared their plans to implement geothermal heat pumps for the greenhouse within the next two years in order to reduce and then eliminate the use of natural gas. Additionally,... View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
managers and employees as a whole. Rather than provide the intended incentives, some argue, mega-grants do little more than offer a means of keeping score among peers. Can managers and employees continue to harvest such a large proportion... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
Kenyan coffee farm. The price of coffee beans on the global market is under $1 a pound, while the actual cost to produce that pound is between $1.62 and $2. The coffee farms are profitable only when they rely on free labor, typically from the women in the farming... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
eight plants in a row, a new variety begins and each week a new ripe cluster of tomatoes is harvested. Research teams collect data throughout this process via sensors and measurements, such as the volume of tomatoes grown per plant per week, the shelf life of View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
which they are harvested. Chip System Installed in New Facility. Image source: The authors. This digitalization strategy allows the company to monitor the harvesting progress, collect and gather data and continuously improve production... View Details
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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
reapers, threshers, and harvesters that could significantly increase grain output. The growth of registered patents from several thousand a year in the mid 1800s to over 50,000 a year by the end of the century was indicative of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
1984) The Nature Conservancy Worldwide locations A charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive Kate... View Details
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
Oil Spill Solution
thinks about “what Dr. Nitin Nohria taught me 20 years ago in OB” about the importance of human interactions. Recently, he attended a rally in Grand Isle, Louisiana, that focused on the health problems shrimp harvesters are experiencing... View Details