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Category Archives: poverty
Changing climate and urban poverty (IIED)
Read at : http://www.iied.org/how-does-changing-climate-impact-urban-poverty?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duesouth+%28IIED+Blog%29 How does a changing climate impact on urban poverty? by David Satterthwaite When floods hit a city, it is usually low-income groups that are hit hardest. The devastation that such disasters cause can be linked to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate / climate change, poverty
Sustainable Development Goals (Science Daily)
Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130320155228.htm Sustainable Development Goals Must Sustain People and Planet, Experts Say In the wake of last week’s meetings at the UN on the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a group of international scientists have published … Continue reading
A green push for Asia (AlertNet)
Read at : http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/as-asian-growth-slows-a-green-push-could-pay-experts As Asian growth slows, a green push could pay – experts By Chelsea Diana LONDON (AlertNet) – As Asia moves away from export-led growth, the need to invest in green growth instead is key, panelists said … Continue reading
Posted in economy, population, poverty, public health, sustainable development
Fighting poverty one land plot at a time (The Seattle Times)
Read at : http://seattletimes.com/html/specialreportspages/2020566120_prosterman.html UW professor fights poverty one land plot at a time For decades, Roy Prosterman has pushed to change land-ownership laws and practices in an effort to lift some of the world’s poorest people out of poverty. … Continue reading
Posted in land tenure, poverty
Nonprofit LANDESA plants seeds of hope in India (The Seattle Times)
Read at : http://seattletimes.com/html/specialreportspages/2020565872_landesa.html Seattle-based nonprofit plants seeds of hope in India Seattle-based nonprofit Landesa teaches girls in impoverished villages of India how to garden small plots of land, in hopes they can help their families and, for some, forestall … Continue reading
A new version of my video (Willem Van Cotthem)
On October 17, 2011 I have uploaded a short video on the way to build bottle towers for food production at home (http://youtu.be/-uDbjZ9roEQ). My main objective was to show that it is quite easy for every family to produce fresh … Continue reading
Farmers markets stand to benefit the poor the most (Grist)
Read at : http://grist.org/news/farmers-markets-stand-to-benefit-the-poor-the-most/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=update By Susie Cagle Farmers markets sometimes get a bad rap for catering to the moneyed set, as though only the well-to-do like to buy their produce in a pleasant, social, outdoor environment, direct from the source. The … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, poverty
Agricultural research ‘must support local innovation’ (SciDevNet)
Read at : http://www.scidev.net/en/south-east-asia/news/agricultural-research-must-support-local-innovation-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_news by Zhen Yue SPEED READ Agricultural researchers are ‘outsiders providing solutions’, a conference hears They must consider the role of local innovation in tackling food insecurity and poverty Three factors to link research to poverty alleviation … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, food / food security, poverty
Forests and Poverty Alleviation Efforts (IISD / CIFOR)
Read at : http://land-l.iisd.org/news/cifor-highlights-role-of-forests-in-china%E2%80%99s-poverty-alleviation-efforts/ CIFOR Highlights Role of Forests in China’s Poverty Alleviation Efforts The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has highlighted a World Development article on the role forests can play in poverty alleviation in China. The article is … Continue reading
Appropriate Technology
This publication is for communicating new practical technologies, policies and ideas addressed to the elimination of poverty and hunger. December 2012 issue front cover picture Sanergy is bringing sustainable sanitation to urban slums in Kenya with ‘Fresh Life Toilets’. In … Continue reading
Posted in hunger / famine, poverty, Technologies
