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Climate Change

Training Module on Gender and Climate Change

This disturbing report published by IUCN predicts that the physical, economic, social, and cultural impacts of global warming will jeopardize women far more then men.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
IUCN
Tags:
Climate Change, IPCC, People, Women, Climate Impacts, Food Security, Agriculture, Water Management, Sustainable Development
Agriculture

Role of traditional home garden systems in Northeast India

In Northeast India, traditional home gardens have been maintained as a part of rural survival over generations, with a complex vegetational structure harbouring diverse types of local plant species with multiple functions.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
A Arunachalam, S Tangjang
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
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Tags:
North East, Agriculture, Home Gardens, Tribals, Apatani, Traditional Knowledge, Plant Biodiversity, Arunachal, Lower Subansiri, Assam, Lakhimpur (D), Food Security
Food Policy

Bangladesh Household Food Security and Nutrition Assessment Report 2009

Multiple factors contributed to high and volatile food prices in Bangladesh during the 2007/2008 period. A "perfect storm" of international, regional and national conditions delivered a powerful economic shock to the country's food security.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Institute of Public Health Nutrition
Tags:
Bangladesh, Food Security, Nutrition, Food Supply, World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF, Food Policy
Poverty

Starvation deaths and primitive tribal groups

The deaths of 35 Birhors

Publication Date: 
27/12/2008
Reetika Khera
Economic and Political Weekly
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52
11
Tags:
Food Supply, Starvation, Food Poisoning, Tribals, Poverty, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Jharkhand, Chatra (D), Rajasthan, Food Security, Naxalites, Rural Poverty
Economy

Chinas rural reform: Crisis and ongoing debate

Despite China

Publication Date: 
27/12/2008
Dale Jiajun Wen
Economic and Political Weekly
43
52
86
Tags:
Land Use, Agriculture, Food Supply, Trade, WTO, Economy, Rural Habitat, Women, Health Care, Pesticide Use, Private Sector, Education, China, Food Security
Climate Change

The impact of climate change and adaptation on food production in low-income countries

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact of climate change on food production in a typical low-income developing country. Furthermore, it provides an estimation of the determinants of adaptation to climate change and the implications of these strategies on farm productivity. The analysis relies on primary data from 1,000 farms producing cereal crops in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2008
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Policy, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Food Security, Rainfall
Food Policy

The state of food insecurity in the world 2008

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008 represents FAO

Publication Date: 
16/12/2008
FAO
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Policy, Food Prices, Malnutrition, Starvation, Poverty, FAO, China, India, Global, Food Security
Food Policy

Central expert takes stock of new paddy plantation system

The director of rice under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in New Delhi, MC Dibakar, recently visited the paddy fields of Nalbari district to take stock of the progress of the newly-introduced System of Rice Intensification (SRI). He also interacted with the farmers to share the experiences of this new system of rice production.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Rice, Food Policy, Assam, Nalbari (D), Food Security
Food Policy

Rich paddy harvest in Bongaigaon district

KALGACHIA

Publication Date: 
12/12/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Food Crops, Assam, Bongaigaon (D), Food Security
Food Policy

India to top in livestock by 2025

Tirupati Dec. 8: Achieving nutritional food security from the livestock sector to meet the global demand for animal origin food by 2025 is the top priority of the country, said Mr N. Gokul Ram, secretary of the department of animal husbandry, government of India.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2008
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Livestock, Animal Products, India, Food Security

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