AFA Day Celebration
In celebration of AFA day, members and partners participating in AFA’s Consultation-Workshop & 3rd AFA General Assembly last February 28 – March 3, 2008 in Sangnok Resort, Cheonan, South Korea, visited 2 farmer communities. pics and stories here…
Websurfing Filipino farmers
Tech Tuesday again, and we bring you this interesting story of how filipino farmers in remote areas are using the internet to research and find answers to problems they encounter in farming. Got this off inquirer.net By Anselmo Roque inquirer.net SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ — Confronted with a pest attack on his rice field, Marcelino […]
Research confirms frankenfoods cause of allergies
Global Research by Jeffery M. Smith Genetically modified (GM) foods are inherently unsafe, and current safety assessments are not competent to protect us from or even identify most dangers. Overwhelming evidence to support this conclusion is now compiled in the book Genetic Roulette: The documented health risks of genetically engineered foods, which presents an abundance […]
Philippine Farmers' Field Day to showcase new technologies
This seems like a very interesting event to go to. with all the nifty and ingenious inventions sure to be displayed. ——————————————- PhilRice New technologies will be showcased during the Farmers’ Field Day, which is one of the highlights of the 21st National Rice R&D Conference on March 11-13 at the PhilRice Central Experiment Station […]
AsiaDHRRA and Intel conducts ICT workshop
AsiaDHRRA and Intel Philippines is set to conduct a 2-day Regional Workshop entitled “Community-based ICT Integration: Lessons and Possibilities” on March 13-14, 2008 at the Legend Villas, Mandaluyong City, Metro-Manila, Philippines. The workshop hopes to glean lessons and identify guideposts in the continuing effort to bridge the digital divide that hinders access to development opportunities […]
Click here to visit the workshop blog where you can download presentations and view pictures…
Rural Women in the Wired World
Its TechTuesday again! and having recently celebrated the other half of the world last March 8 i thought of posting something techie with a gender twist. And here’s an inspiring article from IDRC about how African rural women farmers are benefiting from ICTs. It shows how “a variety of tools and tactics serve both rural […]
Little progress in WTO agri talks
Third World Network By Kanaga Raja, Geneva, 3 Mar 2008 Following two weeks of small-group talks that produced little results, the agriculture negotiations at the WTO will be taking a pause this week. Members can use this time to discuss issues among themselves before the full membership meets again on 10 March to assess the […]
Happy Women's Day 2008
Research: Institutionalizing learning in rural poverty alleviation initiatives
Here’s an interesting reasearch i found while browsing the current issue — Knowledge sharing and knowledge management in Latin America and the Caribbean (Part I) in the KM4D Journal Abstract Institutionalizing learning in rural poverty alleviation initiatives Irene Guijt, Julio Berdegué, German Escobar, Eduardo Ramírez This article describes a 5-phase approach for improving the learning […]
