Monthly Archives: November 2011

Unequal rights to land put women at a disadvantage (New Agriculturist)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/book/review.php?a=2322 Women and land: Securing rights for better lives By Debbie Budlender and Eileen Alma Published by the International Development Research Centre Website: www.idrc.ca 2011, 110pp, ISBN 978 1 55250 522 9 (Pb), free to download In … Continue reading →

Posted in gender, land / land degradation

Expanding underexploited agricultural strategies (New Agriculturist)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/news/newsitem.php?a=2324 Smallholder farmers can address climate change through triple-win strategies By expanding underexploited agricultural strategies, smallscale farmers can mitigate climate change, increase their resilience to climate change impacts and boost their profits from agricultural production, new research … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change, small-scale farming

Sustainable grassland management (New Agriculturist)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/news/newsitem.php?a=2331 Sustainable grassland management encouraged in China A pilot project in the Qinghai province of China aims to demonstrate how sustainable grassland management can protect soil and enhance productivity, resilience and herder livelihoods. Herders will select a … Continue reading →

Posted in grassland / rangeland, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

Greening Beirut : The solution lies on rooftops (Green Prophet)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/11/beiruts-rooftop-revolution-interview/ Beirut’s Rooftop Revolution (INTERVIEW) Will Todman Beirut is almost completely bereft of public green spaces. Satellite images show expanses of grey apartment and office blocks and a depressing lack of trees or any other kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in rooftop gardening

To improve food safety and raise income for the local population (FACTS)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://factsreports.revues.org/1116 Boosting the agricultural production capabilities of Indian rural communities in the micro region of South Ahuachapán (El Salvador), in order to improve food safety and raise income for the local population J-M. Fouillade, F. Roudière and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, food / food security

How scientists and policymakers can advance water security (SEMIDE / EMWIS)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/news/2011/11/developing-solutions-sustainable-water-management Developing solutions for sustainable water management This policy brief, published by the International Project Office of the Global Water System Project and produced to inform the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), outlines how scientists and … Continue reading →

Posted in water management

Drought and fertilizer use in Ethiopia (ELDIS)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59275?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eldis-agriculture+%28Eldis+Agriculture%29 Does irrigation enhance and food deficits discourage fertilizer adoption in a risky environment? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia Authors: G. Gebregziabher (ed); S. Holden (ed) Publisher: Academic Journals, 2011 The northern Ethiopian highland in general and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Desertification, drought, fertilizer - nutrients, irrigation

About ‘subsidising inputs and empowering farmers to embrace modern technologies in farming’ (IPS)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105947 Aid Not Effectively Reaching Africa’s Poor By Miriam Gathigah Kenyan tea and coffee farmers remain disgruntled about the minimal profits they make selling their cash crops, the country’s leading foreign currency earners, as the government receives … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, family farming, financial aspects, small-scale farming

Nutrition Education (Google / City Farmer News / Cultivate Wines)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/11/23/from-seed-to-plate-an-innovative-experience-in-nutrition-education-in-birmingham-alabama/ http://www.cultivatewines.com/cause/264/ FROM SEED TO PLATE: AN INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCE IN NUTRITION EDUCATION Jones Valley Urban Farm in Birmingham, Alabama by Grant Brigham JVUF is partnering with Phillips Academy–a K-8 public school in downtown Birmingham, Alabama–to educate every … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, gardening kids, nutrition

How to deal with the effects of climate change and protection measures against the effects of deforestation (Google / The Malta Independent Online)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=135870 Threats of climate change to our culture by Martin Scicluna Delegates from 193 countries will meet for the 17th Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa from 28 November to 9 December. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, deforestation, global warming, greenhouse gases