http://www.agrifeeds.org All news and events. Most recent 50 items. daily 1 2007-01-01T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/pdf/Print_Article_livemint.pdf Arid districts such as Kutch in Gujarat, and Barmer and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan mainly have livestock economies and it is not unusual to see thousands of animals-goats, cows, sheep, buffaloes and camels-moving amiably along in search of the next watering hole. It seems counter-intuitive that areas with such low rainfall should provide neighbouring states with meat and milk. [from IWMI News Feed] 2009-07-03 http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/pdf/Print_Article_livemint.pdf Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:59:00 +0200 IWMI News Feed en IWMI News Feed http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/pdf/Print_Article_livemint.pdf http://www.wfp.org/content/un-raises-agricultural-aid-africa-8-billion The United Nations says it has increased its annual agricultural aid to Africa from US$2 billion to US$8 billion dollars, according to a statement issued here Thursday by the UN Information Centre in Lagos. The statement said that the gesture was to stave off hunger on the continent by 2015. It said the funds would provide a lifeline for private investment in the agriculture, irrigation and transportation sectors, and that the fund is being provided by the office of the Secretary-General of the Millennium Development Goals, Africa Steering Group. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/content/un-raises-agricultural-aid-africa-8-billion Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:11:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14501 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/number-hungry-people-soars The U.S. Agriculture Department said the number of hungry people in 70 poor nations soared 10.8% last year and will climb at least 1.7% this year, and perhaps much more depending on how the global recession plays out. The annual USDA survey, which attempts to calculate how many people are consuming less than 2,100 calories a day in countries that do or did receive food aid, is ammunition for the Obama administration in its push to help poor nations feed themselves. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/content/number-hungry-people-soars Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:09:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14499 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/wonderful-act-empowerment It is celebration time for Ethiopians outside their homeland especially for those in the democratic West. The recession has been brutal on immigrants more so on those that are in the service sector. (..) As for the alarm regarding the food shortage Ato Meles said “We have hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat in our store houses here in Ethiopia.” Both World Food Program (WFP) and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) agree the situation is cause for alarm. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/content/wonderful-act-empowerment Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:08:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14497 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/be-careful-false-impressions-crisis-still-here A Zimbabwean Catholic priest has told CAFOD that despite supermarket shelves heaving with food imported from South Africa, the majority of Zimbabweans are still in need of food and basic medicines, as the country remains gripped in the worst humanitarian crisis since independence. Battered by years of political and economic upheaval the country's economy is in shreds. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that half the population of 12 million people will be reliant on food aid. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/content/be-careful-false-impressions-crisis-still-here Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:05:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14495 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/myanmar-cyclone-survivors-struggle-debt-burden A year ago, Soe Soe was US$20 in debt. Like many survivors of Nargis who lost their homes, she had no choice but to borrow from money lenders to feed her family - often at extortionate interest rates. (..) According to a Rapid Food Security Assessment conducted by the World Food Programme (WFP) earlier this year, 83 percent of households surveyed were reportedly in debt – with food the dominant expense. (..) "Recovery will require several more years of support and input," Chris Kaye, country director for WFP in Myanmar, told IRIN earlier. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/content/myanmar-cyclone-survivors-struggle-debt-burden Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14491 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/commander-naeem-among-13-terrorists-killed-swat-dir-operation-ispr As many as 13 terrorists including commander Naeemullah were killed and 24 were apprehended along with lot of arms, ammunition and equipment (..). The World Food Programme has started its operation in Bajaur from 30 June, 2009. Food distributions hub at Abbottabad has been established and has started delivery food items to 655 registered IDP families out of 872. The World Food Programme (WFP) is setting up its ‘Food Hub’ at Buner and will start functioning by 4 July. It will deliver rations to approx 3000 returning families for 6 months. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/content/commander-naeem-among-13-terrorists-killed-swat-dir-operation-ispr Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:01:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14489 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/man-trades-corporate-life-philanthropy Three years and four jobs after college graduation, Hunter Willis realized he wasn't happy in the corporate environment. He was looking for something more fulfilling when he went to a church service and heard a speaker talk about life in one of the poorest nations in the world. (..) For a month, he lived in Burkina Faso, a nation with the lowest literacy rate in the world, a country where one of every nine infants dies. Natives try to grow enough food to survive, but lack clean water and proper sanitation, according to the World Food Program. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/content/man-trades-corporate-life-philanthropy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:00:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14487 at http://www.wfp.org http://americasinhambre.blogspot.com/2009/07/los-parlamentarios-se-comprometen-en-la.html Legisladores de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Perú y Venezuela, invitados por la Iniciativa América Latina y Caribe sin Hambre (ALCSH), se reunieron los días 25 y 26 de junio en la Oficina Regional de FAO, en Chile, para la primera reunión preparatoria del Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre.FAORLC- Acompañados por José Graziano, Representante Regional de FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, Margarita Flores, Representante de FAO ante Chile y Juan Carlos García Cebolla, Coordinador de la Iniciativa ALCSH, los asistentes pactaron los primeros trazos de lo que será un e [from Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre] 2009-07-03 http://americasinhambre.blogspot.com/2009/07/los-parlamentarios-se-comprometen-en-la.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:19:00 +0200 Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre en Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854688818716631900.post-6389421187070797597 http://www.wfp.org/stories/school-meals-make-difference-says-teacher The principal of a primary school in Sierra Leone explains how WFP school meals have made a difference to her school. As the West African nation works to recover from a civil war, WFP is helping it build a better future by feeding kids in almost 1,000 schools. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/stories/school-meals-make-difference-says-teacher Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:52:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14475 at http://www.wfp.org http://farastaff.blogspot.com/2009/07/participants-to-fara-ssa-cp-workshop.html Participants to the FARA SSA-CP workshop [from FARA Blogger] 2009-07-03 http://farastaff.blogspot.com/2009/07/participants-to-fara-ssa-cp-workshop.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:40:00 +0200 FARA Blogger en FARA Blogger tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415377816101006262.post-1399595852231157711 http://www.fao.org/es/ESC/en/15/70/highlight_71.html Bangkok -- Compared to 2008, current forecasts for global paddy production over the on-going 2009 season point to a mere 0.3 percent expansion to 689 million tonnes (460 million tonnes, milled rice). Despite prospects of virtually no growth, a replication of the 2008 results over the on-going 2009 paddy season would still stand out as an excellent performance, representing an outstanding 4 percent increase from 2007, according to the latest issue of the FAO Rice Market Monitor. [from News from FAO Regional Office for Asia Pacific] 2009-07-03 http://www.fao.org/es/ESC/en/15/70/highlight_71.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0200 News from FAO Regional Office for Asia Pacific en News from FAO Regional Office for Asia Pacific fao.org.nems/39069 http://farastaff.blogspot.com/2009/07/ssa-cp-strategy-development-and-lesson.html 29th June – 3rd July 2009. FARA Accra. A workshop was organsised for a strategic review and lesson sharing for the SSA CP research implementing stakeholders. The objectives of this workshop included: To remobilize and refocus the SSA CP research implementing stakeholders to the objectives of the program’s current phase. To ensure that all implementing stakeholders acquire the right orientation of [from FARA Blogger] 2009-07-03 http://farastaff.blogspot.com/2009/07/ssa-cp-strategy-development-and-lesson.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:29:00 +0200 FARA Blogger en FARA Blogger tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415377816101006262.post-4048190708122165873 http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/sahelian-fruit-trees-workshop-announcement/ SAFRUIT (Sahelian Fruit Trees) is a research project on fruit trees in the Sahel that started in January 2006 and will run until the end of this year. The project involves 6 African and 3 European institutions. SAFRUIT has just announced that a workshop will be held in November 2009 in Bamako, Mali on “Promoting [...] [from Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog] 2009-07-03 http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/sahelian-fruit-trees-workshop-announcement/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:00 +0200 Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog en Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=726 http://farastaff.blogspot.com/2009/07/grameen-foundation-and-google-create.html On 29 June, the Grameen Foundation announced the launch of a suite of mobile phone applications developed with Google and MTN Uganda (MTN) that deliver services and information that were previously unavailable to Uganda’s poor and disadvantaged communities.This launch makes available the first suite of applications resulting from an endeavor called the Application Laboratory (AppLab). "AppLab [from FARA Blogger] 2009-07-03 http://farastaff.blogspot.com/2009/07/grameen-foundation-and-google-create.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:25:00 +0200 FARA Blogger en FARA Blogger tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415377816101006262.post-6439727237561006884 http://www.wfp.org/stories/bread-provided-hungry-displaced-sri-lanka WFP and its humanitarian partners recently provided another lifeline to tens of thousands of people who have fled the recent conflict in Sri Lanka. Thanks to a coordinated initiative between the government, NGOs and the business community, three of Sri Lanka’s largest bakeries baked fresh bread for the hungry displaced using ingredients from WFP’s food basket. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-03 http://www.wfp.org/stories/bread-provided-hungry-displaced-sri-lanka Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:23:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14471 at http://www.wfp.org http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/wildlife-forest-protection/ Every month the CGIAR website highlights an area of research that of one the CGIAR centers is conducting or has conducted. This month it focuses on the research carried out by the by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and its partners.  The study that has been published in the journal Conservation Letters looks at [...] [from Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog] 2009-07-03 http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/wildlife-forest-protection/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:18:00 +0200 Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog en Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=721 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/db3nOZnKgiM/social-media-tips-for-agricultural.html 2009/07 - AgInfo News from IAALD [from AgInfo News from the CGIAR] 2009-07-03 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/db3nOZnKgiM/social-media-tips-for-agricultural.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:29:00 +0200 AgInfo News from the CGIAR en AgInfo News from the CGIAR http://iaald.blogspot.com/2009/07/social-media-tips-for-agricultural.html? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/db3nOZnKgiM/social-media-tips-for-agricultural.html 2009/07 - AgInfo News from IAALD [from AgInfo News from the CGIAR] 2009-07-03 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/db3nOZnKgiM/social-media-tips-for-agricultural.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:29:00 +0200 AgInfo News from the CGIAR en AgInfo News from the CGIAR http://iaald.blogspot.com/2009/07/social-media-tips-for-agricultural.html? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/R4dSustainableAgricultureResearchNewsNewsfeed/~3/NarXgJ2uPR8/news.asp DFID and the Economic and Social Research Council announce the first call of the second phase of the joint DFID-ESRC scheme for development research, which builds on the success of the previous scheme launched in August 2005 [from DFID funded research news in agriculture] 2009-07-03 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/R4dSustainableAgricultureResearchNewsNewsfeed/~3/NarXgJ2uPR8/news.asp Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0200 DFID funded research news in agriculture en DFID funded research news in agriculture http://www.research4development.info/news.asp?ArticleID=50448 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/YSqKhmQN9ZM/ [from AgInfo News from the CGIAR] 2009-07-03 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/YSqKhmQN9ZM/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:04:00 +0200 AgInfo News from the CGIAR en AgInfo News from the CGIAR http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/working-with-virtual-teams-blindfolded/? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/FuSxqMvuUxM/ MBTIEver heard of Myers-Briggs personality type indicators? Well, they are very popular tools to assess what your preferences are in terms of how you express yourself. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument was developed by Isabel Myers and Katharina Briggs as an application of Carl Jung's theory of psychological types. This theory suggests that we have opposite ways of - gaining energy (Extraversion and Introversion), - gathering or becoming aware of information (Sensing or Intuition) - deciding or coming to a conclusion about information (Thinking or Feeling) and [from AgInfo News from the CGIAR] 2009-07-03 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/FuSxqMvuUxM/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0200 AgInfo News from the CGIAR en AgInfo News from the CGIAR http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/once-upon-a-time-i-was-an-estj/? http://americasinhambre.blogspot.com/2009/07/el-problema-del-hambre-no-se-puede.html Afirmó Marcio Carvalho Marques Porto, representante de la FAO en Cuba, en entrevista exclusiva.Ramón Barreras FerránEl representante de la FAO en Cuba, Marcio Carvalho Marques Porto, es de hablar pausado. Medita antes de pronunciar palabra alguna. Está en La Habana desde septiembre del año 2007.Se graduó de ingeniero agrónomo en la Universidad Federal de Bahía, Brasil, en 1972. Ha ocupado importantes responsabilidades en el Ministerio de la Agricultura en su nación de origen y en la FAO. Es profesor universitario y tiene un sinnúmero de publicaciones. [from Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre] 2009-07-02 http://americasinhambre.blogspot.com/2009/07/el-problema-del-hambre-no-se-puede.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:00 +0200 Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre en Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854688818716631900.post-7627558682161240552 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/r4ddocs_agriculture/~3/czLLP878JBg/projectsandprogrammes.asp Miscellaneous E. H. Masija 2003 Paper Presented at Ruaha+10 Seminar, 11 & 12 December 2003, Morogoro, Tanzania. 6 pp. This paper gives a historical perspective, and overview of more recent developments, of irrigation in the Ruaha Catchment of Tanzania. [from DFID funded research documents] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/r4ddocs_agriculture/~3/czLLP878JBg/projectsandprogrammes.asp Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:14:00 +0200 DFID funded research documents en DFID funded research documents http://www.research4development.info/projectsandprogrammes.asp?OutputID=180493 http://www.wfp.org/content/china-commits-agricultural-co-op-african-nations China will continue to develop bilateral and multilateral agricultural cooperation with African countries and boost the "South-South cooperation" within the framework of "Special Program for Food Security (SPFS)," Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said Thursday. In an interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of the 13th Africa Union (AU) Summit currently underway in Libya's seaside city of Sirte, Zhai said the agricultural cooperation between China and Africa constitutes an important part of bilateral cooperation. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/china-commits-agricultural-co-op-african-nations Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14467 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/china-commits-agricultural-co-op-african-nations China will continue to develop bilateral and multilateral agricultural cooperation with African countries and boost the "South-South cooperation" within the framework of "Special Program for Food Security (SPFS)," Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said Thursday. In an interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of the 13th Africa Union (AU) Summit currently underway in Libya's seaside city of Sirte, Zhai said the agricultural cooperation between China and Africa constitutes an important part of bilateral cooperation. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/china-commits-agricultural-co-op-african-nations Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14467 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/zimbabwe-embassy-donates-us650000 The Greek Embassy in Harare has donated US$650 000 to Zimbabwe to help fight cholera and assist in food relief projects. (..) The donated amount has been transferred, in equal parts, to the World Health Organisation and the World Food Programme. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/zimbabwe-embassy-donates-us650000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:38:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14465 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/malawi-basket-case-food-basket Without a doubt I vote H.E. Bingu wa Mutharika, the President of the Republic of Malawi, one of the best performing African Presidents. And the reason for it is simple; in 2004 when he came into power he made a pledge: “I will not be a president who goes around begging for food”. (..) From food exports and sales to the World Food Programme through the Purchase for Progress Programme, the country has been generating in excess of US120 million annually. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/malawi-basket-case-food-basket Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:36:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14461 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/malawi-basket-case-food-basket Without a doubt I vote H.E. Bingu wa Mutharika, the President of the Republic of Malawi, one of the best performing African Presidents. And the reason for it is simple; in 2004 when he came into power he made a pledge: “I will not be a president who goes around begging for food”. (..) From food exports and sales to the World Food Programme through the Purchase for Progress Programme, the country has been generating in excess of US120 million annually. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/malawi-basket-case-food-basket Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:36:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14461 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/mexico-helps-wfp-meet-critical-food-needs-gaza The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a donation of US$50,000 from the Mexican International Cooperation Fund for Development to support WFP operation lifeline Gaza. (..) The contribution will help WFP provide urgently needed food assistance to 365,000 civilians in Gaza, including 50,000 schoolchildren in some 85 schools. WFP is also planning to start a food voucher operation in Gaza which will enable thousands of Palestinians to access food directly from small and medium-sized traders in Gaza. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/mexico-helps-wfp-meet-critical-food-needs-gaza Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:34:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14459 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/world-bank-group-support-crisis-hit-countries-record-high The World Bank Group committed $58.8 billion in fiscal year 2009 to help countries struggling amid the global economic crisis, a 54 percent increase over the previous fiscal year and a record high for the global development institution. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/world-bank-group-support-crisis-hit-countries-record-high Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:33:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14457 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/world-bank-group-support-crisis-hit-countries-record-high The World Bank Group committed $58.8 billion in fiscal year 2009 to help countries struggling amid the global economic crisis, a 54 percent increase over the previous fiscal year and a record high for the global development institution. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/world-bank-group-support-crisis-hit-countries-record-high Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:33:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14457 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/pakistani-refugees-flood-strangers-homes They were sitting by the side of the road, safe, but with no idea, now that they were out of range of mortars and bullets, where to go. Their children were crying, hot, thirsty and scared. While the 13 members of the Chamar family sat in this town below the Swat Valley, wondering what on earth to do, the men of the Sina family appeared, from their home down a nearby alley.(..) The family was already struggling; Mrs. Sina needs a kidney operation they have not been able to afford. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/pakistani-refugees-flood-strangers-homes Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:32:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14455 at http://www.wfp.org http://americasinhambre.blogspot.com/2009/07/como-acabar-con-el-hambre-en-el-mundo.html La proporción de niños menores de 5 años desnutridos disminuyó de 33% en 1990, a 26% en el 2006, un descenso que tiene que ver mucho con la labor humanitaria de organizaciones, personajes y países conscientes de la necesidad de erradicar el hambre en el mundo.Hoy en día son muchas las iniciativas y proyectos que afrontan este problema y hacen lo posible para erradicarlo.La pobreza y, por lo tanto, también el hambre afectan a muchos territorios del planeta y esto en la mayoría de los casos provoca la muerte de personas inocentes que lo único que quieren es poder vivir dadas las circuns [from Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre] 2009-07-02 http://americasinhambre.blogspot.com/2009/07/como-acabar-con-el-hambre-en-el-mundo.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:14:00 +0200 Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre en Iniciativa América Latina y El Caribe sin Hambre tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1854688818716631900.post-5602044347865129055 http://www.wfp.org/stories/pakistan-wfp-helps-returnee-family-begin-anew Mohammed Gulab and his family are among the relatively few Pakistanis who have been able to return to their homes in the northern regions affected by fighting over the last year. WFP is now distributing food to them and other returnee families so they can begin again. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/stories/pakistan-wfp-helps-returnee-family-begin-anew Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:09:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14449 at http://www.wfp.org http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/articles-of-interest/ After a long hiatus, we’re back and ready to provide our readers with interesting tibits, and news on all thing agrobiodiversity. To get started please find following some articles of interest that arrived on our desks this last week: Agriculture and climate change: an agenda for negotiation in Copenhagen. IFPRI 2020 Focus no. 16/ edited by Gerald [...] [from Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog] 2009-07-02 http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/articles-of-interest/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:37:00 +0200 Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog en Agrobiodiversity Grapevine Blog http://bioversitylibrary.wordpress.com/?p=717 http://www.egfar.org/egfar/website/new/newspage?contentId=2622 Today on 2th July the website will be interrupted for maintanance. [from GFAR News] 2009-07-02 http://www.egfar.org/egfar/website/new/newspage?contentId=2622 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:20:00 +0200 GFAR News en GFAR News http://www.egfar.org/egfar/website/new/newspage?contentId=2622 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/WWs3eXxvakg/ When we began our blog series on Social Medial Tools two months ago, we had no idea how successful it would be. Feedback from readers has been positive and encouraging, so much so that Meena Arivananthan (who has written the series with input from Antonella Pastore and Simone Staiger-Rivas) finished the tenth post on these tools a few days ago. And there’s no stopping her. For easy reference, we have assembled the various links to these mini tutorials below, so you can now tell at a glance where to get help on newsfeeds, wikis, microblogging, and much, much more: 1. Microblogging [from AgInfo News from the CGIAR] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/WWs3eXxvakg/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:21:00 +0200 AgInfo News from the CGIAR en AgInfo News from the CGIAR http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/and-then-there-were-ten/? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonewsiaald/~3/1kwJD5XttPQ/200907_02 2009/07 - Agricultural Training Institute [from AgInfo News from IAALD] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonewsiaald/~3/1kwJD5XttPQ/200907_02 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:27:00 +0200 AgInfo News from IAALD en AgInfo News from IAALD http://www.ati.da.gov.ph/ati2/news/200907_02? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonewsiaald/~3/5Q9GgZ6RW2U/Aurora-province-pilots-e-Village-project 2009/07 - INQUIRER.net [Around 1,200 rice farmers in Aurora province are learning new organic farming production technologies through the “e-Village” project, which links various local research institutions via the Internet.] [from AgInfo News from IAALD] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonewsiaald/~3/5Q9GgZ6RW2U/Aurora-province-pilots-e-Village-project Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:25:00 +0200 AgInfo News from IAALD en AgInfo News from IAALD http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090702-213503/Aurora-province-pilots-e-Village-project? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonewsiaald/~3/efxBUsIM9II/research4life-website-launched-today.html 2009/07 - AgInfo News from IAALD [from AgInfo News from IAALD] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonewsiaald/~3/efxBUsIM9II/research4life-website-launched-today.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:03:00 +0200 AgInfo News from IAALD en AgInfo News from IAALD http://iaald.blogspot.com/2009/07/research4life-website-launched-today.html? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/R4dSustainableAgricultureResearchNewsNewsfeed/~3/qsCUZARh2XE/news.asp Most hunger not due to one-off events, but to annual food shortages. [from DFID funded research news in agriculture] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/R4dSustainableAgricultureResearchNewsNewsfeed/~3/qsCUZARh2XE/news.asp Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0200 DFID funded research news in agriculture en DFID funded research news in agriculture http://www.research4development.info/news.asp?ArticleID=50447 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonoticiasiaald/~3/ksf3CssYBVI/1 Las habilidades en el uso de las TIC marcan una diferencia significativa en la trayectoria laboral. Los resultados de diversos trabajos analizados en esta nota ENTER coinciden en que la formación en TIC ofrecida por ONGs ha podido ayudar a colectivos marginados, en concreto a jóvenes, a insertarse en el mercado laboral con mayor rapidez y a obtener mejores empleos. [from Aginfo Noticias IAALD] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/aginfonoticiasiaald/~3/ksf3CssYBVI/1 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:50:00 +0200 Aginfo Noticias IAALD en Aginfo Noticias IAALD http://www.enter.ie.edu/enter/cms/es/informe/6009/1? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/evb3Tsz9jtY/ Phil Collin's “You can't hurry love” is one of my favourite songs of the '80s. And it is a song that came to mind as I woke up thinking abour organizational change. Well…read on, they do have something in common. Phil Collins says “My mama said You cant hurry love No, youll just have to wait She said love dont come easy But its a game of give and take You cant hurry love No, youll just have to wait Just trust in a good time No matter how long it takes How many heartaches must I stand Before I find the love to let me live again [from AgInfo News from the CGIAR] 2009-07-02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cgiarictkm/~3/evb3Tsz9jtY/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:50:00 +0200 AgInfo News from the CGIAR en AgInfo News from the CGIAR http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/you-cant-hurry-change-you-just-have-to-wait/? http://www.wfp.org/content/fear-and-beheadings-heartland-militants The Juba river region, in Somalia, is hard country. Women are regularly eaten by crocodiles while fetching dirty water. The sandy farmland is either in drought or flooded. And the militants known as the Shabab, who rule the area, exact brutal justice. And the militants known as the Shabab, who rule the area, exact brutal justice. (..) There is a streak of pragmatism among the Shabab that is distinct from al-Qaeda. The Shabab guarantee the safety of the food convoys of the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP). [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-02 http://www.wfp.org/content/fear-and-beheadings-heartland-militants Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14485 at http://www.wfp.org http://observatoriodelhambre.net/rodh/?p=114 El pasado 19 de Junio, CEPAL fue anfitriona del Seminario Impacto de la Crisis Económica y Financiera en el Sector Agropecuario, en el cual participo también FAO e IICA. El objetivo fue reunir antecedentes que permita a los Institutos de Investigación Agropecuaria de la Región reflexionar en conjunto, sobre como los efectos de la crisis [...] [from Red de Investigaciòn en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional] 2009-07-01 http://observatoriodelhambre.net/rodh/?p=114 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:00 +0200 Red de Investigaciòn en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional en Red de Investigaciòn en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional http://observatoriodelhambre.net/rodh/?p=114 http://www.wfp.org/content/assistance-and-capacity-building-conflict-affected-populations Since its creation as a Republic in 1991, Georgia has faced dissent from two separatist regions: South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In August 2008, tensions flared into military conflict over South Ossetia. The conflict created a livelihood crisis for some 130,000 people living in and around the conflict areas. Combined with the impact of the global financial crisis, this situation has contributed to a nationwide socio-economic downturn. Thus, the economy, which had moved forward at an unprecedented rate over the past five years, is now in a precarious position. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-01 http://www.wfp.org/content/assistance-and-capacity-building-conflict-affected-populations Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:23:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14445 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/haiti-now-closer-receiving-aid After years of struggling to meet the requirements for cancellation of most of its $1.7 billion in foreign debt, the country has finally achieved $1.2 billion in debt forgiveness from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. ''This is a very positive development for Haiti,'' said Haitian Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil. The debt forgiveness, announced Tuesday by the World Bank, is expected to help Haiti in its effort to get international donors to ante up $353 million in pledges made at an April donors conference. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-01 http://www.wfp.org/content/haiti-now-closer-receiving-aid Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:06:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14441 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/somalia-somaliland-plea-food-aid The authorities in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland have urged the international community to come to its aid to avert severe food shortages and hunger due to a prolonged drought in the region. Ahmed Yusuf Yasin, vice-president and chairman of the National Disaster Committee (NERAD), told a news conference in Hargeisa that Somaliland was experiencing the worst drought in decades [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-01 http://www.wfp.org/content/somalia-somaliland-plea-food-aid Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14439 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/wfp-%E2%80%93-philatelic-appreciation The world food program (WFP), in collaboration with Bhutan post, launched yesterday a series of postal stamps, which reflect their support to various sectors in Bhutan. The stamps were launched in Thimphu as WFP celebrated its 35th anniversary. (..) School feeding has been a major activity since the start of WFP assistance in 1974, with increased enrollment and attendance as their main goals. In 2008, WFP utilised around USD 4m – donations received – in purchasing food commodities and for other assistance, such as construction of hostel and purchasing fuel-efficient stoves for schools. [from World Food Program News] 2009-07-01 http://www.wfp.org/content/wfp-%E2%80%93-philatelic-appreciation Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:58:00 +0200 World Food Program News en World Food Program News 14437 at http://www.wfp.org