Its HungerWednesday again and we found this insighful article from Grain about how global agribusiness firms, traders and speculators are raking in huge profits while much
TechTuesday brings you this announcement of free online course on Networking in Support of Development. The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Technical Centre for
FFTC | February 18 2008 LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES – Excessive and inappropriate use of agrochemicals has undeniably resulted in negative and sometimes irreparable effects on
* Published Date: 18 April 2008 * Source: The Scotsman * Location: Edinburgh By Raju Gopalakrishnan in Manila THE crisis over rice showed no signs
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)
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
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
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
From IPS NEW DELHI, Apr 9 (IPS) – Jacques Diouf, director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), on Wednesday described spiralling
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
here’s a template that LSFM is currently using in their research activities. download the template here…
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
The Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA)
is a regional partnership of eleven social development networks and organisations in eleven Asian nations that envisions Asian rural communities that are just, free, prosperous, living in peace and working in solidarity towards self-reliance. Tracing its history from the founding workshop on the development of human resources in rural areas in 1974 in Swanganiwas, Thailand, the DHRRA network’s mission is to be an effective promoter and catalyst of partnership relations, facilitator of human resource development processes in the rural areas and mobilizer of expertise and opportunities for the strengthening of solidarity and kinship among Asian rural communities.
It is dedicated to the empowerment of farmers in the Asian region.
Asiadhrra
Room 201 Partnership Center
59 C. Salvador St., Loyola Heights 1108,
Quezon City, Philippines
Telefax (637) 341-2442
Asiadhrra is:
– An affiliate of ASEAN
– An NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC)
– A member of AgriCord
– Member of World Rural Forum