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January 2007

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01/29/2007 So prigodna svecenost, vcera vo zgradata na Opstina Gostivar, bese otvoren prviot Ruralen informativen centar vo nasava drzava. Informacii od sekoj vid ke dobivaat zemjodelcite i stocarite na opstinite Gostivar, Vrapciste i Mavrovo - Rostuse.
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Related: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [Population] [Trade]
Accessibility for far flung populations is a major consideration for connecting the villages of India through info kiosks
01/29/2007 Eighty-four call centres across the country are answering farmers’ queries related to everything from fungus on brinjals to kisan credit cards and prices of insecticides.
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Related: [Development] [Labor] [Poverty] [Economy] [MDGs]
Image: Accessibility for far flung populations is a major consideration for connecting the villages of India through info kiosks
01/25/2007 50 Reasons to buy Fair Trade by Miles Litvinoff and John Madeley, published by Pluto Press, will be released on 26th February 2007 to mark the start of Fairtrade Fortnight 2007. Planned promotions include an author tour to Fairtrade Towns and an appearance at the Peak Literary Festival in the UK.
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Related: [Poverty] [Economy] [Trade]
01/25/2007 via AutoblogGreen:
Raising farm animals for food is the primary cause for all sorts of disasters, the least of which are air pollution and global warming. "We are eating our planet to death," says Kathy Freston.
Image: Writer Kathy Freston of The Huffington Post

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Related: [Climate Change]
Differing GM Views
01/24/2007 Farmers in the developing world are increasingly turning to genetically modified crops, with planting up 21 per cent in 2006 according to a new report.
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From: SciDev.Net
Related: [Genetics]
Image: Differing GM Views
01/23/2007 La empresa transnacional Monsanto, productora de maíces transgénicos, empresarios agroalimentarios y autoridades a su servicio, pretenden aprovecharse de la llamada “crisis de la tortilla”, advirtió la organización ambientalista Greenpeace a través de un boletín.
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From: Comunicación e Información de la Mujer
Related: [Mexico] [Food] [Corporations]
01/22/2007 Eurooppalaiset maatalous- ja ympäristöjärjestöt arvostelevat voimakkaasti europarlamentaarikko Kyösti Virrankoskea (kesk.) toimimisesta bioteollisuuden äänenä. Virrankoski toimii esittelijänä oma-aloitteisessa mietinnössä bioteknologiasta maataloudessa europarlamentin maatalousvaliokunnalle. Järjestöjen kirjeessä komitean jäsenille esitetään, että Virrankosken esitys hylättäisiin kokonaan keskiviikon äänestyksessä.
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From: Maan ystävät
Related: [Europe] [Environment]
Biofuel: not a panacea
01/18/2007 from solarsaddle:
'Biofuels promise such wonderful benefits, don't they? Shame that the whole idea is a pile of codswallop.'
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Related: [Renewable Energy]
Image: Biofuel: not a panacea © Agricultural Research Service / U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
01/17/2007 Carta abierta al Parlamento Europeo, Comisión Europea, los Gobiernos y ciudadanos de la Unión Europea, enero 2007: Red Alerta contra el Desierto Verde, Red por una América Latina Libre de Transgénicos, Red Latinoamericana contra los Monocultivos de Arboles, Red Oilwatch América del Sur, Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques Tropicales
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From: Acción por la Biodiversidad
Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Environment] [Civil Society]
Image: © Agricultural Research Service / U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Petri Rinne
01/17/2007 Paikallisiin toimintaryhmiin perustuva kehitysmalli voisi toimia Mosambikissakin. Näin uskoo Pirkanmaalla toimivaa kehittämisyhdistystä vetävä Petri Rinne, joka vieraili Mosambikissa viime vuoden lopulla. "Toimintaryhmiin pitää saada mukaan tavallisia ihmisiä, kansalaisaktiiveja ja yrittäjiä", Rinne korostaa. Mosambikissa ryhmät ovat usein julkisen vallan käskyläisiä.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Mozambique] [International Cooperation]
Image: Petri Rinne
01/17/2007 YK:n kansainvälinen maatalouden kehittämisrahasto IFAD aloittaa yhteistyön Afrikan suurimman kehityspankin kanssa. Tavoitteena on arvioida maatalouden kehitystoimien tuloksia Afrikassa vuosina 1996-2005. IFAD:n yhteistyön lähtökohtana on tarve selvittää, millaiset kehitystoimet ovat parhaiten parantaneet maaseudun elinoloja Afrikassa. Afrikan maiden maatalouden tuottavuus on laskenut viimeisen kahden vuosikymmenen aikana, mikä on poikkeavaa muihin kehitysmaihin verrattuna.
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From: Suomen YK-liitto
Related: [Africa] [Development] [United Nations]
01/17/2007 Durante su primer baño de pueblo desde que tomó posesión, el presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón resultó empapado. "¡Que bajen el precio de las tortillas y la leche, si no luego ya no vamos a tener que comer!", le gritó una mujer en el municipio de Chalco, en un acto con el mandatario. Otras más siguieron con los reclamos.
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From: Informa-tico
Related: [Mexico] [Food] [Globalization]
01/14/2007 Singkong, teman asyik untuk ngopi dan nongkrong ini berpotensi sebagai alternatif bahan pangan dan tepung. Ternyata berdasarkan riset, singkong dapat tumbuh lebih baik dan meningkat produksinya bila menggunakan pupuk organik.
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Related: [Indonesia] [Development]
01/12/2007 Soberanía Alimentaria es el derecho que los pueblos, los países o las uniones de Estados tienen para definir sus políticas agrícolas y alimentarias y para proteger su producción y su cultura alimentaria para no ser perjudicados por otros.
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From: Acción por la Biodiversidad
Related: [Environment] [Gender]
01/10/2007 El Dr. Alberto Gonzáles Polanco, embajador de Cuba en Honduras, visito la escuela de Economía Solidaria de la Red COMAL, ECOSOL el 8 de Diciembre. En su visita el Dr. Polanco felicitó el trabajo de la organización y de educación que hace la Red COMAL.
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From: Red de Comercialización (Red COMAL)
Related: [Honduras] [Education]
01/10/2007 After Andhra Pradesh, it is now Tamil Nadu where the much hyped Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco has run into rough weather. The Tamil Nadu government has asked Mahyco to pay compensation to farmers for failure of Bt cotton in the state in the current season
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Related: [Development] [Poverty] [MDGs]
Image: © Centre for Science and Environment
01/09/2007 from It's the Planet, Stupid! blog:
Severe gales, endless heavy rain and mildness. Come to think of it, that's just what the climate models predict for a warming world, isn't it?
Image: Cow parsley, flowering in early January

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Related: [United Kingdom] [Climate Change]
01/08/2007 A roadmap prepared by the National Commission on Farmers, chaired by M S Swaminathan, insists that only a Rs 39,500-crore subsidy for a universal public distribution system can solve the food security problem. Is this practicable? argues Ashok Gopal.
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Related: [India] [Development] [Food] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [MDGs]
01/08/2007 Much hyped in 2005 and launched in 2006, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the country’s most ambitious social welfare programme, must gain momentum in the new year, writes Pamela Philipose
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Related: [Development] [Labor] [Poverty] [MDGs]
01/03/2007 Berbagai problema kemiskinan dan pangan yang dihadapi Indonesia terkait erat dengan ketimpangan lahan pertanian, terutama kepemilikan lahan petani kecil. Jika pemerintah tidak mengeluarkan kebijakan yang mendukung petani kecil maka kedaulatan dan ketahanan pangan sulit tercapai.
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Related: [Indonesia] [Development]
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