Philippine Gov't distributes to farmers and fisherfolk State-of-the-Art BIF Freezers
This is a very interesting tidbit which we stumbled upon while googling for the filipino inventor Mr. Hernando Decena because we were interested in this agribusiness forum given by MAP about “Cutting Big Post Harvest Losses Using Filipino Invented Multifunction Freezing Machine”. BTW, go visit the MAP website and subscribe to their e-newsletter –might interest […]
A look at FAO's Gender and Land Rights Database
We’ve been clicking stuff ”round the FAO Database and its been an interesting time so far. Good for FarmFriday. The coolest feature was the ability to choose and create 3 types of report in a kind of mix and match way. Give it a try! pay a visit to the FAO Gender and Land Rights […]
Cheap food causes hunger
HungerWednesday shares this interesting article from Resurgence about how the globalization of the food market has made food cheap but ironically has also caused hunger. Chanced upon this in our Facebook as shared by FB friend Imam Cahyono. Cheap food causes hunger. On its face, the statement makes no sense. If food is cheaper it’s […]
Happy Women's Day 2010
TKN releases book on gender and trade liberalization in SEA
The Trade Knowledge Network (TKN) Southeast Asia has recently released a new electronic publication, entitled: Beyond Barriers: The Gender Implications of Trade Liberalization in Southeast Asia, written by Alexander C. Chandra (TKN Southeast Asia Coordinator), Lucky A. Lontoh (Public Policy Analyst) & Ani Margawati (Lecturer of Anthropology Dept. of the University of Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia). […]
The DHRRA Malaysia Community Centre welcomes the Honourable Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
The DHRRA-ERA Community Centre was honoured to welcome delegation from Zimbabwe, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Honourable Thokozani Khupe to the Headquaters of the Community Centre Project, located in Petaling Jaya on 22nd of February, 2010. The delegation which comprises prominent individuals includes the Executive Director of ADI, Tashinga Mtindike and Embassy […]
AsiaDHRRA is NGO Host for FAO CSO Food Security Consultation in Asia and the Pacific
The FAO Civil Society Regional Consultation on Food Security in Asia and the Pacific Region of which AsiaDHRRA is the NGO host is currently underway at The Richmonde Hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City, Philippines from February 24-25, 2010. We will be posting hourly updates at the activity blog over at http://faocsofoodsecurityconsultasiapacific.blogspot.com/ The overall objective of […]
Happy Chinese New Year!
Despair and Hope in Copenhagen: What We Need To Do About Climate Change
Intelligent and inspired reflections from our friend Tony about the failed Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. Got this from a climate change mailing list By Tony La Viña Dean, Ateneo School of Government Philippines Lead Negotiator, Copenhagen Climate Change Conference I can never forget what happened in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the early hours of December 19, […]
Mobile Devices Help Monitor Access to Healthcare in Ghana
TechTuesday shares this newsbit from IICD about an African NGO using open source mobile apps to monitor healthcare access in Ghana. SEND will develop an Open Source monitoring tool in cooperation with software developers to be used on handheld mobile devices to collect and share data. Due to the poor communication infrastructure, this will enable […]
