Full Coverage: Agriculture

08/29/2007 Para petani di Banyumas telah mulai melangkah ke pertanian yang ramah lingkungan. Kelompok Abdi Tani Banyumas mempunyai ide untuk menanam Selada secara organik. Bagaimana caranya?

08/28/2007 Menjadi petani rumput laut ternyata menguntungkan. Samudi, seorang petani rumput laut, mengaku rata-rata sekali panen dapat uang Rp1 juta. Padahal, petani rumput laut dapat memetik panen tiap 40 hari sekali.

08/21/2007 The prime minister of India announced funds of at least Rs 250 billion to boost agricultural output and ensure inclusive growth. In his speech to the nation on the Independence Day he stressed on the welfare of the rural livelihoods which should be the part of the booming economic of the nation.

08/17/2007 AsiaMedia's staff writer, Natasha Garyali has interviewed 2007 Magsaysay award winner P. Sainath and talked about the agrarian crisis, lack of media interest in the field, need of government intervention and his future projects.

08/17/2007 The Government of Pakistan has allocated an amount of Rs 6.237 billion for the development of rural areas of the country. The government has adopted a comprehensive policy for rural development, including agriculture, social and physical infrastructure as well as rural industrialization under its annual plan for the year 2007-2008.

08/16/2007 Ibrahima Coulibaly è un contadino sindacalista, fondatore del Coordinamento nazionale delle organizzazioni contadine del Mali. È anche membro del Comitato Regionale del Roppa. È padre di quattro figli e vive nei dintorni di Bamako (Mali) e ha tenuto questa relazione al recente Convegno di Missione Oggi e e Europafrica-Terre contadine su "Cibo e mercato: produttori e consumatori del mondo insieme per la sovranità alimentare". La sovranità alimentare, per noi contadini soprattutto dell’Africa, rappresenta l’ultima opportunità di metterci in piedi e camminare con le nostre gambe. L’Africa è un continente dove la popolazione contadina è ancora la grande maggioranza: coloro che vivono con l’agricoltura direttamente o indirettamente sono il 75-80% della popolazione. Il più grande pericolo che abbiamo oggi sono gli Ape (Accordi di partenariato economico) che l’Europa vuole farci firmare e che ci spingono ancor più ad aprire i mercati.

08/13/2007 Sustainet India - a network of NGOs with long-standing experience of sustained agriculture, has launched a book “Sustainable Agriculture: A Pathway out of Poverty for India’s Rural Poor”; it includes 14 examples of successful sustainable agriculture approaches, which if replicated on a country-wide basis can provide a means out of poverty and hunger.

08/13/2007 Mitos kemujaraban pestisida di kalangan petani sudah telanjur melekat. Kesalahan mitos tersebut mulai dikalahkan dengan ‘Kesadaran Organis,’ suatu pola hidup yang mengandalkan alam sebagai sumber-sumber kehidupan.

08/09/2007 Pertanian organik kembali terbukti lebih ramah lingkungan. Baru-baru ini, penelitian dari University of Minnesota menyebutkan bahwa pertanian organik lebih ramah lingkungan dengan mengurangi kadar nitrat pada air permukaan dan tanah.

08/08/2007 Rehabilitasi pertanian pasca bencana tsunami di Aceh tidak menyelesaikan substansi persoalan sektor pertanian yang sesungguhnya. Pasalnya, rekayasa pembangunan pertanian yang berorientasi pada pasar dunia justru tidak memberdayakan mereka.

08/07/2007 Sejarah eksplorasi pertambangan di Aceh merombak secara drastis struktur ekonomi Aceh yang berbasis pertanian. Akibatnya, tanpa sadar, tingkat kesejahteraan masyarakat Aceh masuk pusaran terendah di bawah garis kemiskinan.

08/04/2007 Penggunaan pupuk kimia, pestisida, dan benih hibrida dalam pertanian mengakibatkan kerusakan lingkungan. Hal itu memicu berkembangnya Gerakan Pertanian Berkelanjutan, yang mendorong perubahan pola pertanian selaras alam dan lestari.

08/02/2007 Bertani dengan sistem organik benar-benar menjanjikan keuntungan yang berlipat ganda. Betapa tidak, Martinus Lagu, yang semula berprofesi sebagai tukang bangunan, kini beralih profesi menjadi petani organik.

08/01/2007 WASHINGTON, Jul 31 (OneWorld) - In a political turnabout, the automobile industry is embracing legislation that would raise fuel-economy standards for U.S. vehicles more than 25 percent over the next 15 years.