Archive for December, 2007

The Cultivation of Organic Nilam »

By Jet Hermida on Dec 28, 2007 in Agricultural Researches, DHRRA Members, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments

Nilam (Pasgotemi spp) belongs to the family of Labiate. It is an important species in the cosmetic world since its oil is an aromatic substance (fragrant oil, patchouli oil) used in cosmetics. In Indonesia, there are Nilam Aceh (Pagostaman cabilin Benth), Nilam Jawa (P. Heyneaus), and Nilam Kembang (P. Haetensisi Backer) considered as the famous [...]

A Review of different Alternatives to Agricultural Trade Globalization »

By Jet Hermida on Dec 26, 2007 in AFA, Agricultural Researches, Small Farmers to Market, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments

Agricultural trade globalization under the present neo-liberal economic regime has disempowered and alienated farmers and producers from the rest of the commodity chain. Farmers find themselves out of the loop as soon as their produce leaves their farms. They have been reduced to being end-users of agricultural inputs produced by companies and as producers of [...]

Emergency or Expediency?: A Study of Emergency Rice Reserve Schemes in Asia »

By Jet Hermida on Dec 16, 2007 in AFA, Agricultural Researches, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments

In this era when disasters and calamities have become both more frequent and more intense, maintaining a national food reserve is a practical and forward-looking strategy for governments to adopt in order to ensure food security for the people and as a means to minimize the adverse impacts of unexpected events. Regional food reserves in [...]

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By Jet Hermida on Dec 14, 2007 in Press Releases | 0 Comments

The Fair Trade System: Focus on the Oxfam-GB Model »

By Jet Hermida on Dec 11, 2007 in AFA, Agricultural Researches, Small Farmers to Market | 0 Comments

The Fair Trade initiative was conceived more than 40 years ago as a response to concrete problems facing commodity producers. It is an alternative approach to conventional international trade dominated by big traders and in later years, by big agribusiness. It seeks to ensure that producers, the bulk of whom are poor and located [...]

Throwing money at hunger »

By Jet Hermida on Dec 4, 2007 in AFA, News Clippings, Rural Poverty in SEA | 1 Comment

by Mahar Mangahas | Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — Next week, some 55 farmers — 15 of them women — will reach Manila in a quest for social justice, after walking more than 1,600 kilometers from the town of Sumilao in the southern province of Bukidnon, starting last Oct. 10. They regularly walked about 30 [...]

AsiaDHRRA Job Opening: Project Coordinator »

By Jet Hermida on Dec 4, 2007 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments

AsiaDHRRA is hiring a Regional Project Coordinator to handle a 2-year Regional Project on Linking Small Farmers to Markets. We hope to fill-up the position by mid-January.
Please find attached the Job TOR. Please pass to people you think might be interested. Deadline of application is December 30, 2007.
Click here to download the Job Terms of [...]

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