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Agriculture

Sustainable biofuels redux

Science-based policy is essential for guiding an environmentally sustainable approach to cellulosic biofuels.

Publication Date: 
03/10/2008
Virginia H. Dale, G. Philip Robertson, Otto C. Doering & et al
Science
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Land Use, Agriculture, Bio Fuel Crops, Alternative Fuels, Ethanol, Climate Change, Biofuel, Global, Food Security
Food Policy

Towards the ideal of a hunger-free India

M.S. Swaminathan

Achieving the goal of nutrition security for all Indians will need a fusion of political will and action, professional skill, and peoples

Publication Date: 
02/10/2008
M. S. Swaminathan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Supply, Malnutrition, Poverty, India, Food Security
Food Policy

Global hunger index: the challenge of hunger 2008

The 2008 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the world has made slow progress in reducing food insecurity since 1990, with dramatic differences among regions and countries. In the nearly two decades since 1990, some regions

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Prices, Malnutrition, Poverty, Asia, India, Global, Food Security
Agriculture

Refined indigenous knowledge as sources of low input agricultural technologies in sub-Saharan Africa rural communities

The majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are small scale entrepreneurs whose farm operations are performed with low input agricultural technologies. Many of these technologies are supported with low input farm power and simple machines. Essentially, low input agricultural technologies are embodied in the refined indigenous knowledge systems.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
M. Mkpado, R. E. Onuoha
International Journal of Rural Studies
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Agriculture, Agroforestry, Organic Farming, Agricultural Inputs, Natural Fertilisers, Natural Pesticides, Traditional Knowledge, Nigeria, Food Security
Fisheries

Status and potential of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific 2008

The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) is committed to acting as a regional consultative forum, providing its member countries, regional organizations and fisheries professionals in the region with the opportunity to review, discuss and decide on actions and challenges facing the region

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
& et al, David Lymer, Simon Funge-Smith, Jesper Clausen
FAO
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Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, Aquaculture, Asia, Food Security
Agriculture

International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment

This paper utilizes two different approaches to assess the impact of significantly scaling up investment in public agricultural research in developing countries in general, and in the CGIAR in particular. First, it models the potential impact of doubling research investment on agricultural (food) production and poverty reduction, and also on international food prices.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Joachim von Braun, Shenggen Fan, & et al, Ruth Meinzen-Dick
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Environment, Agricultural Research, Poverty, Global, Developing Countries, Food Security, Agriculture
Agriculture

Lessons from a green revolution

The latest rescue plan for Africa is another Green Revolution. GRAIN, alongside a host of others, has written and commented extensively on the Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) and the impacts it will have on the continent. In the meantime, this model of a Green Revolution has already been implemented for the past five years in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Seedling
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Tags:
Agriculture, Green Revolution, Agricultural Inputs, Farmers, Africa, South Africa, Food Security
Agriculture

Safeguarding the worlds agricultural legacy

Genebanks are one of the world

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
CGIAR
Tags:
Agriculture, Malnutrition, Genetic Resources, Global, Food Security, Crops
Agriculture

Seed aid, agribusiness and the food crisis

The world food crisis, rapidly defined by those in power as a problem of insufficient production, has become a trojan horse to get corporate seeds, fertilisers and, surreptitiously, market systems into poor countries. As past experience shows, what looks like

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
Seedling
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Agriculture, Green Revolution, Agricultural Research, Seeds, Food Prices, Food Supply, Aid, Agro-Based Industry, Private Sector, FAO, Developing Countries, Food Security
Health

Towards sustainable global health

Global health has in recent years drawn increasing scientific, political and popular attention not only due to global epidemics themselves,but also because of the social activities and environmental conditions that shape health threats and influence those who are affected.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
& et al, Martin Exner, Gnter Klein, Andreas Rechkemmer
United Nations University
Tags:
Health Effects, Climate Change, Health, Urbanisation, Water Supply, Sanitation, Health Care, Environmental Health, India, Global, Food Security, Diseases, Globalisation

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