By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech, Morocco
For many organizations and agencies around the world, the matter of scaling local successes of development remains a seemingly insurmountable challenge and obligation. When participating in conferences, strategic planning, open forums, and studies on this critical necessity, so much of the consideration is focused on technological matters. If only we can effectively enable farmers to adopt innovative systems of water management, for example, or renewable energy, or agriculture, or product processing, then families, communities, and countrysides will achieve the essential qualities of sustainable development: greater income, better health, improved access to education, and much greater opportunities.
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