Monthly Archives: April 2010

ME farmland buys in Africa seen as a win-win partnership (AfricaFiles)

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: ME farmland buys in Africa seen as a win-win partnership Author: Joanne Bladd Category: Ecology Date: 4/15/2010 Source: Land Grab Source Website: http://farmlandgrab.org <http://farmlandgrab.org/> African Charter Article# 21: All peoples shall freely dispose of their … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, land grab

Malawi and UNDP sign $4.2m climate change deal (AfricaFiles)

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Read at : AfricaFiles Title: Malawi: Climate change deal with UNDP Author: Chancy Namadzunda, Lilongwe Category: Ecology Date: 4/15/2010 Source: Africa News Source Website: www.africanews.com <http://www.africafiles.org/database/www.africanews.com> African Charter Article# 24: All peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change

ILEIA’s Open Forum on the future of family farming

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

On December 16, 2009, Ileia’s Farming Matters Editorial Team launched a very interesting debate on THE FUTURE OF FAMILY FARMING : “Family farmers traditionally care for their farm, and grow crops for home consumption. But can family farming produce enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, family farming

News from ILEIA on small-scale farming (Farming Matters)

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Read at : ILEIA e-bulletin The Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture, ileia, promotes the exchange of information about small-scale farming all over the world. Through its flagship publication, “Farming Matters”, and also through other media, it informs policy makers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, family farming

Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa (World Bank)

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Read at : http://iapnews.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/world-bankesmap-biomass-energy-initiative-for-africa-call-for-proposals/ World Bank/ESMAP – Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa: Call for proposals Introduction The World Bank is requesting proposals for innovative pilot projects that demonstrate new approaches to modernizing biomass energy in Sub‐Saharan Africa. This request for proposals … Continue reading →

Posted in energy/bioenergy/biofuels, World Bank

Do you know the BIOCHAR FUND ?

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Read at : BIOCHAR FUND http://biocharfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 http://biocharfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=41 The Biochar Fund was created in 2008 as a social profit fund aimed at tackling some of the most pressing issues in the developing world: hunger, deforestation, access to energy and climate change. … Continue reading →

Posted in agrichar/biochar/terra preta

Latin American Forum on REDD

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Read at : Forest Policy Info Mailing List <forests-l@lists.iisd.ca> Latin American Forum on REDD The Latin-American Forum on REDD aims to facilitate the communication and to promote experience and information exchanges among Latin American countries related to REDD. The website … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, UNFCCC

Food insecurity threatens rural villages in Zimbabwe (IRINNews)

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Read at : IRIN http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88766 ZIMBABWE: Food insecurity threatens rural villages BULAWAYO, 9 April 2010 (IRIN) – The villagers of Nkalanje, in Zimbabwe’s arid Matabeleland South Province, use bells tied around the necks of their livestock to track animals that … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

KENYA: “Merry-go-round” micro-finance keeps slum residents fed (IRINNews)

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Read at : IRIN http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88795 KENYA: “Merry-go-round” micro-finance keeps slum residents fed KIBERA, 13 April 2010 (IRIN) – Josephine Awuor, 34, always looks forward to her turn to receive “merry-go-round” contributions from fellow members of Msingi Bora (Good Foundation), a … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, microfinance - franchising

MYANMAR: Coping with water scarcity (IRINNews)

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Read at : IRIN http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88796 MYANMAR: Coping with water scarcity in the Ayeyarwady Delta PYINKAYAING, 13 April 2010 (IRIN) – Water scarcity has become a daily challenge in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwaddy Delta in the dry season, with thousands still struggling after … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, Ecology - environment, sanitation, Water