By Jet Hermida on May 29, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech | 0 Comments
Frankenfriday presents another disturbing news about the continued proliferation of frankenweeds.
Susan Mann | Betterfarming.com
Essex County soybean grower Leo Guilbeault isn’t surprised University of Guelph researchers found a type of giant ragweed that’s showing resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate.
He’s always found giant ragweed tough to kill. “I know even the normal rate of Roundup traditionally [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 27, 2009 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, Rural Poverty in SEA | 0 Comments
A report by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific”, highlights that food insecurity is still very much alive in the Asia Pacific region, home to the largest number of hungry people. Sustainable agriculture and food security was the theme topic [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 27, 2009 in DHRRA News, Food Security | 0 Comments
AsiaDHRRA is set to participate in the ASEAN-FAO Regional Conference on Food Security 27-28 May 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand.
“The aim of the ASEAN-FAO Regional Conference on Food Security is to provide a consultative platform for the ASEAN Member States, Dialogue Partners and international organisations to address food security issues in the ASEAN region.
To this end, [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 24, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security | 0 Comments
MATT CAWOOD | http://sl.farmonline.com.au/
22/05/2009 10:49:00 AM
TRYING to shoehorn agriculture into an emissions trading scheme promises to be complicated and rife with “perverse outcomes”. How about a consumption tax instead?
Paul Toni of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) flagged the idea of an additional tax delivered along the same lines as the GST during his [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 23, 2009 in News Clippings | 0 Comments
For playing a central and instrumental role in promoting agricultural science and technology development in the country, FFTC Director Dr. Jen-Chyuan Lee was awarded with a silver medal of recognition by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan ROC during its 50th anniversary…
continue reading about Director JC Lee
By Jet Hermida on May 23, 2009 in ASEAN, Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, Rural Poverty in SEA, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
By Chee Yoke Heong | Third World Network Features
While the current global financial and economic turbulence continues to grab headlines, the food crisis of recent past is still with us. The former should serve as a critical opportunity to address the food problem that would worsen given the multiple challenges to sustainable agriculture and the [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 13, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, Alternative Regional Integration, DHRRA News, Food Security, Small Farmers to Market, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
Here’s a nicely written and thoughtful article by our very own Ms. Marlene Ramirez , about how the CSD17 process can be made truly relevant to the small producers. This was originally published in Outreach Issues – May 12 Issue. Ms. Marlene is currently participating in the CSD17 in New York.
As a development advocate [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 3, 2009 in DHRRA News, Small Farmers to Market | 0 Comments
LSFM is set to hold the 3rd Regional Training Workshop of the Linking Small Farmers to Market project towards end of June 2009 in Cagayan de Oro City, a city in the northern part of Mindanao island, the Philippines.
This workshop will emphasize the importance of small farmers organized into commodity groups so that issues of [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 3, 2009 in Alternative Regional Integration, DHRRA News | 0 Comments
AsiaDHRRA with RDWG inFAORAP Bangkok AsiaDHRRA actively participated in the recently concluded 29th Regional Conference for Asia and The Pacific (FAORAP Conference) held last March 26-31, in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Rural Development Working Group composed of AsiaDHRRA AFA, Action Aid, East Asia Working Group, Focus on the Global South, Pesticide Action Network in Asia and the [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 3, 2009 in DHRRA News, LSFM-ASEAN, Small Farmers to Market | 0 Comments
LSFM-Philippines held its 2nd in-country training-workshop last March 17-18, 2009 at the Ugnayan Hall, Partnership Center. The training-workshop, with a theme: “Complying with Market Requirements on Product Quality and Food Safety,” focused on enhancing the knowledge and skills of small calamansi farmer leaders, LGU and NGO agricultural extension workers/community organizers on the importance of standardization [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 1, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
By Hannes Lorenzen, Brussels
These days we are being urged not to save money but to consume more in order to save our crisis-ridden economy. Some states even pay us to take our old car off the road and buy a new one. We are supposed to help the banks back into business and save ourselves [...]
