Harnessing Science, Technology, and Innovation To Promote Global Development

Posted by Gayle Smith and Tom Kalil / February 08, 2012

USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, center, and Jean-Robert Estime, USAID/Haiti WINNER project chief of party, left, with farmers -- whose shirts read master farmers -- at a rice field on Sept. 15, 2011, in Haiti. The fields are part of USAID/Haiti Feed the Future program, which promotes an innovative approach known as System of Rice Intensification. The new technique significantly increases rice yields with less seeds, water and fertilizer. [Photo copyright Kendra Helmer/USAID

About the Authors: Gayle Smith is Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Development and Democracy at the National Security Council. Tom Kalil is Deputy Director for Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Senior Advisor for Science, Technology, and Innovation, National Economic Council.

Today at the White House, senior Administration officials announced a series of new initiatives to promote game-changing innovations to solve long-standing development challenges. Answering President Obama's call to harness science technology, and innovation to spark global development, the Administration… more »

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