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The MDG Technical Support Center in Nairobi, Kenya

Project Leader:
Dr. Pedro Sanchez

Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Pedro Sanchez

EI Collaborators:
Glenn Denning

Locations: Kenya

Description:
With support from UNIDO, the Millennium Project has established a Technical Support Center in Nairobi, Kenya to assist national governments in developing action plans to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Directed by Dr. Glenn Denning, Associate Director of the Tropical Agriculture Program, the Center will be staffed by specialists in agriculture, health, water, and poverty alleviation, under the overall management of Pedro Sanchez.

EI Unit:
Tropical Agriculture Program

Cross Cutting Themes:
Energy

Water

Global Health

Food, Ecology and Nutrition

Poverty

Core Disciplines:
Engineering

Health

Social Sciences

Address:
Nairobi, Kenya

Project Web Site:
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/tropag/policy/hunger_task_force.html

Collaborating Institutions:
UNIDO, UNDP, ICRAF

Last Modified: 12-31-1969