Monthly Archives: April 2013

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Zimbabwean Peasant Farmer The WorldWatch Institute published a report yesterday noting that global food prices continued to increase in 2012. After a protracted period of declining prices between 1960 and 1999, global food prices…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
A student group asked me to speak at a screening of the film Fresh last week. The 2009 documentary focuses on the role of farmers, activists and entrepreneurs pushing for a more sustainable food…

Originally posted on TED Blog:
Julian Treasure takes the stage at TEDGlobal 2009, sharing the shocking fact that — when you can hear others talking in an open office — productivity dips by 66%. Julian Treasure cares very deeply for…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
By Aderajew Asfaw    Wednesday, 24 April 2013Source: http://www.capitalethiopia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2837:africa-2013-endorses-urgent-action-for-africas-infrastructure-development&catid=54:news&Itemid=27   The first International Conference and Exhibition on Water Storage and Hydropower Development for Africa entitled “Africa 2013” was held for three consecutive days, from Tuesday to…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  A Mixed Blessing   If we don’t watch out, agriculture could destroy our planet. Here’s how to grow all the food we need with fewer chemicals.   By Dan Charles Source link:  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/fertilized-world/charles-text?src=longreads&buffer_share=96cbd   N.…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  As part of the United States President’s Feed the Future Initiative in Ethiopia, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Camel Milk Value Chain Development project in Fafan Village,…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles. After 2015 – Toward zero…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
It is “far better to accommodate dreams than assuage nightmares” This is a quote taken from Roger Thurow’s book, The Last Hunger Season, one of our favourite books from…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  April 22, 2013 by Carolyn Fry CAADP, Institutions, Maputo Declaration, ONE, Sustainable agriculture   Will 2013 be pinpointed as the year in which Africa’s ‘Green Revolution’ finally took root? It marks the tenth anniversaries of…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
Proposed new partnership will build on successes, political commitment Graziano da Silva with (from left) Amadou Allahoury Diallo (Niger), Jeffrey Luhanga (Malawi) and Rigobert Maboundou (Chair of FAO Regional Conference for Africa). 22 April 2013, Rome…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
Does sustainable intensification mean large-scale, industrial agriculture, or can it build on the traditional methods of many African farmers? Tomatoes for sale in the central market in Mali, 2013. Could sustainable intensification increase crop yields in…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
Today is World Water Day 2013, celebrating the International Year of water cooperation. A paradigm of the world’s water challenges is that although agriculture accounts for approximately 70% of…

Originally posted on Waterscapes:
‘Villages without agriculture’ is a term my friend from JNU, Rajnish, coined to describe his native village of Narharpur in Bihar. He was saying that agrarian distress in Bihar villages is so high that majority of…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
On 4th of March 2013, the 30th edition of the Brussels Development Briefing took place, the topic being “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks”. Organized by…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
At the recent meeting on ‘Integrating Nutrition into the ASEAN Food Security Framework and Strategic Plan of Action on Food Security in ASEAN Region’, Michael Phillips, Malcolm Beveridge and Stephen…

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