Agriculture

Indian cos buying land in Africa for agri business

INDIAN companies are buying land overseas, mainly in Africa, to grow agricultural products that can be exported to large markets including India.

Publication Date: 
02/01/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land, Agriculture, Development, Agro-Based Industry, Africa, Kenya, India
Climate Change

Aid for trade and climate change financing mechanisms

Aid for trade and climate change financing may be addressing similar objectives. If used in a complementary and reinforcing manner, they may help build the economic resilience and supplyside capacity LDCs need to adapt and mitigate climate change and link to the world economy on better terms.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Vinaye Dey Ancharaz, Riad A. Sultan
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Tags:
Climate Change, Trade, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Finance, Aid, Africa, Global
Climate Change

Coastal zones and climate change

This book examines the emerging environmental stresses on coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the resulting challenges confronting coastal planners and decision makers in a warming world.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
David Michel, Amit Pandya
The Henry L. Stimson Center
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Indian Ocean, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Climate Adaptation, Africa, South Asia
Climate Change

Including adaptation costs and climate change damages in evaluating post-2012 burden-sharing regimes

Many studies have been published to evaluate the consequences of different post-2012 emission allocation regimes on regional mitigation costs. This paper goes one step further and evaluates not only mitigation costs, but also adaptation costs and climate change damages.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Andries F. Hof, Michel G. J. den Elzen, Detlef P. van Vuuren
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
15
1
19-40
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Kyoto Protocol, Burden Sharing, South Asia, Africa, Climate Impacts, Contraction And Convergence, Emission Targets, Developing Countries
Agriculture

Africa's land and family farms - up for grabs?

Over the years many Big Ideas have been imposed on Africa from outside. The latest is that the region should sell or lease millions of hectares of land to foreign investors, who will bring resources and up-to-date technology. None of the blueprints has worked, and African farmers have become increasingly impoverished.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Joan Baxter
Seedling
0
0
13
Tags:
Land Ownership, Agriculture, Green Revolution, GM Crops, Farmers, Traditional Knowledge, Crop Biodiversity, Poverty, Private Sector, Africa, Ghana
Climate Change

India cant step back from Accord

Though Non-Binding, Copenhagen Pact Will Be Template For 2010 Talks

The blame game between countries on the Copenhagen climate accord reached fever-pitch on Thursday with US President Barack Obama hinting that China and India had been reluctant to engage in the final round of talks at the Danish capital.

Publication Date: 
25/12/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Africa, United States Of America (US), India, COP15
Economy

End of banana wars brings hope for Doha

The longest-running trade dispute of the modern era came to a close last night when parties from Europe, Latin America, the US, the Caribbean and Africa initialled a treaty in Geneva to end the so-called banana wars.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2009
Financial Times (London)
Tags:
Banana, Trade, WTO, Africa, Europe, United States Of America (US), Global
Health

World Malaria Report 2009

This latest World malaria report describes the global distribution of cases and deaths, how WHO-recommended control strategies have been adopted and implemented in endemic countries, sources of funding for malaria control, and recent evidence that prevention and treatment can alleviate the burden of disease. It contains individual country profiles for 31 high burden countries.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2009
WHO
Tags:
Health, Malaria, Health Care, Diagnostic Methods, Vector Control, Vector Borne Diseases, WHO, Africa
Climate Change

African walkout brings division into open

Rifts deepened between rich and poor countries at the UN's Copenhagen climate conference yesterday as world leaders prepared to converge on the Danish capital in a bid to break the deadlock.

Several leaders, including Angela Merkel of Germany and Gordon Brown of Britain, voiced doubt over the chances of reaching a deal before talks are due to end on Friday.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2009
Financial Times (London)
Tags:
Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Africa, China, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom (UK), Brazil, India, Developing Countries
Health

Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: A problem of the rich or the poor?

Obesity is a well recognized risk factor for various chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to shed light on the patterns of overweight and obesity in sub-Saharan Africa, with special interest in differences between the urban poor and the urban non-poor.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2009
Abdhalah K Ziraba, Jean C Fotso, Rhoune Ochako
BMC Public Health
9
465
1
Tags:
Health Effects, Health, Women, Obesity, Poverty, Africa

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