Monthly Archives: June 2009

Agricultural Cooperatives in Sustainable Development (IFAP / IISD)

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

Read at : “Neil Sorensen (IFAP)” <neil.sorensen@ifap.org> Sustainable Development Announcement List <sd-l@lists.iisd.ca> News Flash: Agricultural Cooperatives in Sustainable Development Press Contacts Neil Sorensen, Communications Coordinator Email: neil.sorensen@ifap.org Jessica Goodfellow, Communications Officer Email: jessica.goodfellow@ifap.org On May 26, 2009, 80 farmer leaders … Continue reading →

Posted in sustainable development

Brasil : CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER: COMMUNITY GARDENS (H. D. TEMP, Organização Cidades sem Fome)

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

Dear Sirs, The purpose of our contact is requesting your authorization so that we may send you information on a social inclusion project carried out in impoverished outskirts of Brazilian metropolises named CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER / COMMUNITY GARDENS. This project … Continue reading →

Posted in community gardens, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, urban agriculture/farming

Container gardening to combat desertification and hunger (Patrick DIMUSA)

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

Read this personal message of Patrick DIMUSA : “Dear Professor Willem, I hope your wife is better now after that terrible brain stroke in October 2008. I lost my job last month and I am back in my village. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

THE FUTURE OF MALAWI (Patrick HARRY)

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

Here is an interesting message from : PATRICK HARRY <ptrckharry@yahoo.co.uk> THE FUTURE OF MALAWI ( nspo) PROJECT TITLE : CONTAINER GARDENING Piyasani village is one of the rural area villages which is located to the west of Lilongwe city. The … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, hunger / famine, malnutrition, plastic bags, reforestation

MAJORITY OF WORLD POPULATION FACE WATER SHORTAGES UNLESS ACTION TAKEN (UNNews)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

MAJORITY OF WORLD POPULATION FACE WATER SHORTAGES UNLESS ACTION TAKEN, WARNS MIGIRO New York, Feb  5 2009  6:00PM Two-thirds of the world’s population will face a lack of water in less than 20 years, if current trends in climate change, … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, Water

FOOD VOUCHERS NEWEST TOOL IN UN ARSENAL TO COMBAT HUNGER IN AFRICA (UNNews)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

FOOD VOUCHERS NEWEST TOOL IN UN ARSENAL TO COMBAT HUNGER IN AFRICA New York, Feb 13 2009 11:00AM The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched its first food voucher programme in Africa, targeting 120,000 people in the capital … Continue reading →

Posted in hunger / famine, WFP

MIGIRO URGES SUSTAINABLE AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION TO TACKLE FOOD CRISIS (UNNews)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

MIGIRO URGES SUSTAINABLE AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION TO TACKLE FOOD CRISIS New York, May  4 2009  7:00PM Pointing to Africa as the epicentre of the global food crisis, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General today called for an African Green Revolution, urging … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, food crisis

BOOSTING FOOD PRODUCTION ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE HUNGER CRISIS (UNNews)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

BOOSTING FOOD PRODUCTION ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE HUNGER CRISIS – UN EXPERT New York, May  7 2009  1:00PM An independent United Nations expert warned today that ramping up food production on its own would not alleviate the suffering of the … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, food crisis, hunger / famine

KENYAN VILLAGERS TO TEST OUT UN CARBON BENEFITS PROJECT (UNNews)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

KENYAN VILLAGERS TO TEST OUT UN CARBON BENEFITS PROJECT New York, May 11 2009 11:00AM Villagers in western Kenya are the latest participants in a project carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners to calculate … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon sink / trading, Climate / climate change, GEF, UNEP

WFP BRIDGES GAP TO FEED MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SOMALIA (UNNews)

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

WFP BRIDGES GAP TO FEED MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SOMALIA New York, May 27 2009  7:00PM The United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP) has agreed to feed more than 1 million people in central Somalia, after a … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, hunger / famine, WFP