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GRAIN Hybrid Rice Blog
[the Philippine rice crisis is just one of] the signs “of an inherent crisis - that of market capitalism and trade liberalisation policies that many developing countries reliant on foreign debt are forced to accept. The Philippines is a good example of a country that was pushed to ignore its own [...]

Its HungerWednesday again and we found this insighful article from Grain about how global agribusiness firms, traders and speculators are raking in huge profits while much of the world is suffering from food shortages.
GRAIN 
For some time now the rising cost of food all over the world has taken households, governments and the media by storm. The [...]

TechTuesday brings you this announcement of free online course on Networking in Support of Development. 
The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation invite applications from e-agriculture.org members to participate in a free four-day Online e-learning Course:
NETWORKING IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT
The First Course for Applicants in Africa will be held [...]

FFTC | February 18 2008
LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES - Excessive and inappropriate use of agrochemicals has undeniably resulted in negative and sometimes irreparable effects on the environment. In an effort to increase crop yield, the once fertile soils have become acidic due to heavy chemical fertilizer application. Degraded soils and groundwater pollution caused by chemical leaching [...]