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What One Acre Fund can teach us about supporting African small-scale farmers

Posted on May 25, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
. BY Kate Douglas | 23 May 2014 ? One Acre Fund is a non-profit organisation serving smallholder farmers (typically living on one acre of land) in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and…

Posted in agriculture, horticulture | Tagged Africa, cooperative, development, education, farmer, finance, man, seed, smallholder, trade, woman | 2 Comments

Trade across the Pond

Posted on April 23, 2014 by argylesock

The World Development Movement (WDM) wants poverty to end. ‘WDM campaigns against the root causes of poverty and inequality. We are a democratically-governed movement made up of local campaign groups based in towns and cities around the UK. Our staff … Continue reading →

Posted in food, human health, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged Africa, America, Asia, Cable_Vince, Department for Business Innovation and Skills, education, energy, Europe, food, housing, human, internet, knowledge, land, law, politics, poverty, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, transport, water | 1 Comment

Tyto alba

Posted on April 2, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on The Naturephile:
A few posts ago in ‘The Owl and the Woodpecker‘ I mentioned that a pair of robins may have started getting fruity in my garden as early as the begining of January. And then last…

Posted in ecology | Tagged barn owl, bird, bird of prey, birdwatching, breeding, bromadiolone, child, conservation, difenacoum, education, Europe, law, native species, nest, pesticide, poison, predator, rare species, vertebrate, wildlife | Leave a comment

Food sovereignty: the next big idea

Posted on December 27, 2013 by argylesock

The Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) shows us an article by Raj Patel. Mr Patel says that ‘food sovereignty’ is the next big idea. My fellow blogger Noah Zerbe at Global Food Politics explains the difference between … Continue reading →

Posted in food, money and trade | Tagged access to food, access to land, agroecology, education, farmer, food, food security, food sovereignty, land grab, peasant, politics, smallholder, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | 10 Comments

How do you get people to give a damn about climate change?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… Beware the ‘idiot effect’. Even more when people get educated because yes, ‘It’s a mistake to assume that valid science will communicate itself.’

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Schools celebrate Biology Week with assemblies about wasting food

Posted on October 19, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Green Living London:
http://youtu.be/ioCzxxqgLf0 Schools around the UK celebrated Biology Week 2013 yesterday with assemblies about food waste, starting with an animated video produced for the event. UK households throw away 20% of the food they buy,…

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Poverty impairs mental functioning

Posted on October 13, 2013 by argylesock

Here’s some new evidence about how poverty impairs mental functioning and promotes risky decison-making. You can scroll down that article to see how sugarcane farmers were less able to think clearly when poor. The article also mentions brain damage that … Continue reading →

Posted in food, human health, knowledge transfer | Tagged academia, biotechnology, child, crop, education, farmer, genetic modification, human, knowledge, nutrition, plant_monocot, poverty, research, sugar cane, woman | Leave a comment

Tobacco farming and food security

Posted on September 30, 2013 by argylesock

Fanuel Kangondo at The Herald tells us that in Zimbabwe, tobacco farming is critical in promoting food security. Mr Kangondo quotes Lovemore Manatsa of British American Tobacco Zimbabwe, who said that smallholders produced tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) more cheaply than larger … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, money and trade | Tagged agroforestry, AIDS, cash crop, child, crop, development, disease, drug, education, farmer, food security, human, plant_dicot, smallholder, tobacco, trade, tree | Leave a comment

Land grabbing

Posted on September 21, 2013 by argylesock

Pascal Liu at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tells us that land grabbing is on the increase. In this hungry world, with populations rising, Mr Liu says that people with money should work with resource-poor farmers. Not just exploit … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, money and trade | Tagged development, education, farmer, finance, food, food security, food sovereignty, land grab, politics, population, poverty, smallholder, trade, war | 1 Comment

Hedgehog is preferred UK natural emblem

Posted on August 14, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
From the Guardian : It is a prickly character with a voracious appetite, a passion for gardens and a noisy sex life, and now the hedgehog has been chosen as the best natural emblem for…

Posted in ecology | Tagged art, breeding, conservation, education, garden, hedgehog, mammal, native species, nest, vertebrate, wildlife | 4 Comments