Archive for October, 2008

Storing seeds the SACLOB way »

By Jet Hermida on Oct 31, 2008 in Farm Technology, News Clippings | 0 Comments

FarmFriday brings us this ingenious seed storage techniques from our friends over at Philrice.
SACLOB comes from the Filipino word saklob which means “cover”. True to its name, SACLOB shields stored seeds from pest infestation.
In their paper, Orge and coworker Engr. John Eric Abon described SACLOB as a hermetic or airtight seed storage enclosure made of [...]

Iraqi farmers ordered to plant mutant seeds »

By Jet Hermida on Oct 29, 2008 in Agriculture and Globalization, News Clippings, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments

HungerWednesday features this alarming and frightening news about how Iraqi commercial farmers are forced  to use registered terminator seeds (the “protected variety”). Order 81 is part of ghastly Bremer’s 100 orders
Order 81 deals specifically with Plant Variety Protection (PVP) because it is designed to protect the commercial interests of corporate seed companies. Its aim is [...]

Happy Deepavali 2008 »

By Jet Hermida on Oct 29, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments

AsiaDHRRA joins Aid for Trade FGD »

By Jet Hermida on Oct 15, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments

AsiaDHRRA joined 15 other participants from various civil society groups in a focus group discussion on Aid For Trade held on October 13, 2008 in Quezon City.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues surrounding the WTO and the Aid for Trade initiative as it applies in the Philippine context.
The activity was organized by [...]

AsiaDHRRA participates in Nanotechnology forum »

By Jet Hermida on Oct 10, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments

Ms. Lany Rebagay participated in the Seminar-Forum on NANOTECHNOLOGY AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: Potential Impacts on Agriculture, Food and Livelihoods held at Balay-Kalinaw, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City on October 9, 2008.
Pat Roy Mooney, Executive Director, ETC Group was the featured speaker of the seminar workshop, which was sponsored by SEARICE and TFFS.

AsiaDHRRA participates in the International Meeting of Experts on Agrarian and Rural Development »

By Jet Hermida on Oct 6, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments

Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA SecGen, participated in the WRF sponsored International Meeting of Experts on Agrarian and Rural Development held in Valencia Region-Basque Country-Spain from 28th September-3rd October 2008.
Ms. Ramirez shared a presentation on the Asian Food Crisis.
The main objectives of the “Worldwide Meeting are the internal strengthening of the Network, better mutual knowledge between [...]

AsiaDHRRA accepts invitation as member of WRF Board of Directors »

By Jet Hermida on Oct 1, 2008 in DHRRA News | 0 Comments

AsiaDHRRA through Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA SecGen has accepted the invitation from The World Rural Forum, though its current President,  Jose Luis Laskurain to represent the Asian continent in the WRF Board of Directors for 2 years.

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