Monthly Archives: February 2011

The “African Great Green Wall” (DNI)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Read at : Announcement of the CSFD new report  on  the “African Great Green Wall” CSFD_FicheActualiteGMV_web CSFD_TopicBriefsGGW_lowres At the occasion of the Second Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology of the UNCCD*,  the CSFD** launches a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, Green Wall

Fruit Trees (Trees for Life)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.treesforlife.org/our-work/our-initiatives/fruit-trees Without them we would really be up a Tree . . . Our work is not because we think we can change the world; it is because we serve. When five, ten, or 15 people can work … Continue reading →

Posted in Forestry, fruit trees

Nigeria : The steady march of the desert towards the Atlantic Ocean must be stopped (NGO News Africa)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.ngonewsafrica.org/?p=6140 Nigeria : The steady march of the desert towards the Atlantic Ocean Though politics has taken centre stage in Nigeria’s national discourse and would remain so till after the April general elections, unusual happenings around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Organising women into groups and providing them with training, resources and credit (New Agriculturist)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/developments/devItem.php?a=1870 Woman organising to improve livelihoods With high year-round temperatures and a limited supply of ice and cold storage facilities at landing sites in the Gambia, a large proportion of fish caught by artisanal fishermen is smoked … Continue reading →

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Radical changes to the global food system and investment in research (New Agriculturist)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/news/newsitem.php?a=1869 Global food system must change Radical changes to the global food system and investment in research will be required if food security is to be provided for a predicted 9 billion people, a new UK government … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security

Recommendations to feed the people living in extreme poverty (MediaGlobal)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://mediaglobal.org/article/2011-01-25/farming_out_poverty Farming out poverty By Gregory Rose In order to help the 925 million undernourished people in the world, the WorldWatch Institute believes non-profits and NGOs must focus on policies that look to long term benefits, rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, poverty

“An unapologetically radical agenda” (La Vida Locavore)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/4433/a-radical-agenda-feed-the-world-and-save-the-planet A Radical Agenda: Feed the World and Save the Planet by: Jill Richardson The Guardian says that Olivier de Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, has “an unapologetically radical agenda.” Yeah! This … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

Need to transform agriculture and adopt “climate-smart” practices (La Vida Locavore)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.lavidalocavore.org/diary/4487/climatesmart-agriculture “Climate-smart” agriculture? by: Marcia Ishii-Eiteman In a new report, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stressed the need to transform agriculture and adopt “climate-smart” practices. No news there. The real surprise is what “climate-smart” ag … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change

Is it easy to grow what is good for you? (IRIN News)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91907 FOOD: Is it easy to grow what is good for you? NEW DELHI, 14 February 2011 (IRIN) – The debates at the three-day International Conference on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health in New Delhi … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security

The last thing our hungry world needs is more food (Food for Freedom)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

Read at : http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/the-last-thing-our-hungry-world-needs-is-more-food/ By Fred Pearce Daily Mail There are plenty of things wrong with the world’s food system. But the amount of food it produces isn’t one of them, writes Fred Pearce. UK chief scientist Sir John Beddington … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security