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May 2007

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05/29/2007 Aliansi Organis Indonesia (AOI) adalah organisasi masyarakat sipil yang berbadan hukum perkumpulan, bersifat nir-laba dan independen. Organisasi ini awalnya bernama Perkumpulan BIOCert yang berganti nama menjadi Aliansi Organis Indonesia pada Rapat Umum Anggota Luar Biasa di Bogor, 5 Desember 2006.
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05/28/2007 Euroopan unionin ja Afrikan maiden väliset neuvottelut EPA-kauppasopimuksista (Economic Partnership Agreements) herättävät pelkoa Afrikan maissa. Tullien poistaminen ja eurooppalaisten tuontielintarvikkeiden tulo uhkaavat kotimaista tuotantoa ja ihmisten elinkeinoja.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related: [Africa] [Trade]
05/28/2007 Rudy Gunawan prihatin melihat petani di Batu (Malang, Jawa Timur) yang semakin banyak menggunakan pupuk dan pestisida kimia. Dengan kemampuan dan modal pas-pasan, ia berhasil membuat terobosan bertani yang murah tapi tetap menguntungkan.
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Related: [Indonesia]
05/24/2007 Majelis Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (MPM) Muhammadiyah berhasil menurunkan ongkos produksi para petani Kecamatan Juntinyuat, Indramayu, Jawa Barat, yang menjadi dampingannya. Berbekal success story itulah MPM berencana akan memperluas pendampingan petani di luar wilayah Jawa
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Related: [Indonesia]
05/23/2007 Sebelumnya, warga Nanggleng Kulon, yang sebagian besar petani, dipaksa bergantung pada industri pupuk dan pestisida. Bahkan, para petani pun harus membeli benih. Sehingga, biaya produksi pun membengkak. Asep Wowon Sudianta tertarik mendobrak ketergantungan itu dengan cara bertani organik
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Related: [Indonesia]
05/18/2007 Transnational coffee companies dominate an industry worth over $80 billion a year, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. Black Gold looks at it from the perspective of Ethiopian farmers.
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Related: [Ethiopia] [Trade]
05/18/2007 Pertanian organik tidak hanya lebih ramah lingkungan, tapi juga menguntungkan. Selain harga jualnya lebih tinggi, biaya yang dibutuhkan pun lebih sedikit. Karena, pupuk dan pestisidanya dihasilkan sendiri. Lambat laun, bukan tak mungkin petaninya menjadi miliarder dari bertani organik.
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Related: [Indonesia] [Development] [Food]
05/18/2007 Funded by the UK’s Department for International Development, a £3.9 million (approximately US$7.8 million) project has been launched to help poor farmers in developing countries of the future outbreaks of avian influenza. The project also involves research in developing countries on the strategies for the control of disease and to safeguard their livelihood.
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Related: [Aid] [Disease/treatment] [Governance]
05/18/2007 E-Choupal is a unique internet service that has been made available at the doorstep of farmers in India. Introduced by the retail sector, e-Choupal provides farmers with agricultural information through ICTs. Through the e-Choupal initiative, ITC has increased its competitiveness and empowered farmers through access to technology and the Internet.
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Related: [South Asia] [India] [Capacity Building] [ICT] [Knowledge]
Some 4,500 test varieties in a test field
05/17/2007 Contract farming is increasingly being presented as a solution for the problems of Indian agriculture, by major international donor agencies, multinational companies and even the government.
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Related: [MDGs] [Development] [Poverty]
Image: Some 4,500 test varieties in a test field © WWF International
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05/16/2007 Después de un importante proceso de búsqueda, se ha conformado el Primer Consejo Internacional de Rimisp. Está compuesto por seis integrantes de diferentes nacionalidades y diversas especialidades como economía agraria, sociología, microfinanzas para poblaciones pobres rurales, ecología, medioambiente, y biodiversidad, entre otros.
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From: Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural RIMISP
Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Development]
Image: www.el-mundo.es
05/15/2007 Las tortillas de maíz son el alimento principal de los hondureños y hondureñas. Las tortillas son una herencia histórica y cultural de los pueblos mayas. Sin embargo, en este año 2007, estamos viviendo una escasez grande de maíz.
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From: Red de Comercialización (Red COMAL)
Related: [Honduras] [Development]
05/14/2007 The Indian government, in its upcoming planning commission meeting on strategies to boost agriculture and its output, is set to address women's right to land. Moving forward on the proposed 30 percent resource allocation for women in XI five year plan, this meeting will address the need to include women's access and control over land, infrastructure support, ICT and technical knowhow, credit, inputs and marketing as a move towards recognizing and enhancing their contribution to growth in the agriculture sector.
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Related: [India] [South Asia] [Land] [Gender] [Governance]
05/09/2007 Perkembangan pertanian organik di negeri ini seringkali terganjal dengan ketiadaan kebijakan politik yang berpihak. Bahkan, pertanian organik seringkali justru dipertentangkan dengan isu ketahanan pangan.
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Related: [Indonesia] [Development] [Environment]
05/09/2007 Lima tahun terakhir, warga Kecamatan Geragai, Tanjung Jabung Timur, Jambi, selalu digempur banjir. Dua perusahaan swasta di kawasan itu dituding sebagai penyebab. Bagaimanakah yang sebenarnya?
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Related: [Indonesia] [Environment]
Empowering Farmers
05/07/2007 With a humane and empathetic farmer-sensitive approach, eighty Kisan Call Centres (KCC) across the country are addressing issues raised by farmers from fungus on brinjals to kisan credit cards and prices of insecticides. Neeta Lal from the Women's Feature Service, reports on the working of these centres, their problems and potential.
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Related: [India] [South Asia] [Development] [Information & Media] [Knowledge]
Image: Empowering Farmers © International Development Research Centre
05/04/2007 Los días 19 y 20 de abril, la Red COMAL celebro su 7ma. Asamblea general ordinaria. Este evento es un espacio de debate interno sobre el rumbo de la organización de acuerdo al entorno social, político y económico.
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From: Red de Comercialización (Red COMAL)
Related: [Honduras] [Development] [Economy]
05/04/2007 Los Estados Unidos no ignoran que al sustraer 100 millones de toneladas de maíz y otro tanto de soya del mercado de alimentos para dedicarlos a la producción de etanol y biodiesel, inevitablemente aumentarán los precios de los cereales
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From: Servicio de Información Mesoamericano sobre Agricultura Sostenible (SIMAS)
Related: [Food] [Environment]
Image: © Agricultural Research Service / U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
05/03/2007 India's emergence as the 12th country in the world with a trillion-dollar economy could prove to be a mixed blessing, and there are fears that it could slow down the growth of this country's computer software and information technology (IT)-enabled services as well as the export of textiles and garments.
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Related: [Development] [Poverty] [Governance] [MDGs]
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