Here’s another good read for HungerWednesday. Although this is not from Asia, still it presents an interesting viewpoint about the current gloabl energy crisis is
IHT | Keith Bradsher Published: May 9, 2008 HONG KONG: After months of startling increases, the prices of rice, wheat, soybeans and several other foods
TechTuesday again! here’s an interesting article from the NYT asking a rather intriguing question; can the cellphone be the savior of third world countries? This
IFAD The prices of basic food commodities have increased rapidly over the past three years. The threat to food security in developing countries increases in
The Board of Trustees (BOT) of AWCF has appointed Ms Kruewan Boonrin Chonlanai of the Credit Union League of Thailand, Ltd. (CULT), Thailand as its
Here’s a very informative presentation from CEDAC on the rice crisis in Cambodia. It also presents the need to support small farmers and adoption of
We are re-issuing this research paper as a contribution to a more vigorous discussion on the need for Asian countries to implement Emergency Rice Reserve
This paper, jointly published by AsiaDHRRA and AFA, and written by Ping Peria, raises issues on the existing rules of the international trading system and
GRAIN Hybrid Rice Blog [the Philippine rice crisis is just one of] the signs “of an inherent crisis – that of market capitalism and trade
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
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