Faults in the Arctic Seed Vault
Grain After months of extraordinary publicity, and with the apparently unanimous support of the international scientific community, the “Global Seed Vault” was officially opened today on an island in Svalbard, Norway. Nestled inside a mountain, the Vault is basically a giant icebox able to hold 4.5 million seed samples in cold storage for humanity’s future […]
LSFM PAC Meeting
The LSFM Project Advisory Committee (LSFM PAC) held its first meeting today in Partnership Center, Quezon City, Philippines. Present were advisers Mr. Senen Bacani, Ms. Nerlie Manalili, Rene Guarin of UMFI, Ms. Esther Penunia of AFA, Ms. Marlene Ramirez, Lorna David and Lany Rebagay of AsiaDHRRA and Mr. Sim Kong, Mr. Oum Savin and Mr. […]
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Are cellphones the new hope for small farmers?
I was reading Shareideas when i came across these interesting article about the effects (both real and possible) of the mobile revolution in developing countries. Can the cell phone become an very invaluable tool for small farmers? In a BBC News article, “The Invisible Computer Revolution” (which is a very interesting read btw) Dr. Joel […]
AsiaDHRRA launches new 2 year project on linking small farmers to market
AsiaDHRRA with funding support from ASEAN Foundation is gearing up for the full launch of the 2 year regional project “Linking Small Farmers to Market” (LSFM) in the three pilot countries namely, Philippines,Cambodia and Vietnam. Mr. Nonoy Villas, filipino and a veteran manager of several national and regional NGO projects will serve as the project […]
