Food crisis rattles Asian countries
* Published Date: 18 April 2008 * Source: The Scotsman * Location: Edinburgh By Raju Gopalakrishnan in Manila THE crisis over rice showed no signs of easing yesterday as the price of the world’s benchmark jumped 10 per cent in just one week, fanning fears that millions across Asia will struggle to afford their staple […]
Philippines now the world's top rice importer despite being home to IRRI
By Tina Arceo-Dumlao Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 02:21:00 04/25/2008 MANILA, Philippines-It is ironic that the Philippines, home to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and some of the world’s best agriculture schools, has become the world’s top importer of rice. The last time the Philippines produced enough of the staple to feed its people […]
Rising food prices rolling into a silent global tsunami
From The Economist.com PICTURES of hunger usually show passive eyes and swollen bellies. The harvest fails because of war or strife; the onset of crisis is sudden and localised. Its burden falls on those already at the margin. Today’s pictures are different. “This is a silent tsunami,” says Josette Sheeran of the World Food Programme, […]
Global hunger, global anger
The looming food shortage crisis in the Philippines is giving us pause and a certain nervousness about how things will unfold in the coming months ahead. We’ll be keeping track of how the food shortage crisis is spreading across Asia by devoting a post about it every wednesday of the week hence, HungerWednesday. The first […]
The innovative use of mobile applications in the Philippines: Lessons for Africa
TechTuesday again! I’m really into cellphone tech these days and i found this fascinating read about some interesting ways mobile applications are being used in the Philippines. The Philippines are a leader in the use of mobile telephones for access to a range of services from m-Banking to m-Education and m-Governance. The Phillipines experience shows […]
FAO says food shortages a global emergency
From IPS NEW DELHI, Apr 9 (IPS) – Jacques Diouf, director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), on Wednesday described spiralling food prices as an “emergency” that demanded concerted global attention. “In the face of food riots around the world like in Africa and Haiti, we really have an emergency,” Diouf […]
Monitoring NGOs Commitment to Rural Poverty Reduction- PhilDHRRA-Luzon’s Experience
This is an old research undertaken by PhilDHRRA Luzon to develop a monitoring system that will track the performance of each member NGO based on their set commitment to rural poverty reduction. The monitoring system is part of the operational framework on rural poverty reduction that rationalizes the role of each NGO member and the […]
Template for product inventory
here’s a template that LSFM is currently using in their research activities. download the template here…
Issue Paper on Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanism (SP/SSM)
The issue of Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanism (SP/SSM) is a key issue in the current Doha Round of negotiations. The SP/SSM seems to be one of few issues that developing countries are quite strong on, and that the US is strongly opposed to, meaning that if the developing countries (G33) stay strong in […]
How ICT can make a difference in agricultural livelihoods
TechTuesday and i found this nice read from iicd. Agriculture is an important sector with the majority of the rural population in developing countries depending on it. The sector faces major challenges of enhancing production in a situation of dwindling natural resources necessary for production. The growing demand for agricultural products, however, also offers opportunities […]
