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Tag Archives: pastoral
Does the world need more food?
Human populations are growing and people are hungry. Does that mean the world needs more food? The answer depends partly on whether you focus on food sovereignty or food security. My fellow blogger Jessica Duncan at Food Governance tells us … Continue reading
Posted in food, human health
Tagged child, crop, farmer, food, food security, food sovereignty, fungus, livestock, neglected crop, pastoral, peasant, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, poverty, smallholder, vertebrate
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Green Rush to carve up Africa
‘There is a gold rush happening in Ethiopia, but it’s not a hunt for the yellow metal. It’s a quest for the green gold of fertile farmland.’ So says Richard Schiffman at Farmland Grab. ‘A nation more associated with periodic … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged access to food, access to land, agroecology, banana, biofuel, cacao, coffee, crop, development, export, farmer, food security, fruit, grain, history, knowledge, land grab, legume, palm, palm oil, pastoral, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, rice, smallholder, soya, staple food, sustainable, trade, wheat
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Cattle which resist a devastating disease
People in tropical countries fear diseases called sleeping sickness, and other names, caused by tiny parasites called trypanosomes (Trypanosoma spp.) also known as tryps. Now there’s new science suggesting a way to reduce Animal African Trypanosomiasis in cattle (Bos primigenius) … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture
Tagged Africa, arthropod, Asia, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, breeding, cattle, development, dipteran, disease, disease resistance, farmer, insect, invertebrate, livestock, livestock breed, local breed, mammal, meat, parasite, pastoral, protozoan, research, ruminant, selective breeding, sleeping sickness, tropical disease, trypanosome, tsetse, vector, vertebrate
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AFSA meets in Ethiopia to oppose GM products
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will next week meet in Ethiopia to discuss strategies for resistance against genetically modified (GM) seeds. AFSA is a Pan African platform comprising networks and farmer organisations…
Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer
Tagged Africa, agroecology, biodiversity, biotechnology, crop variety, development, farmer, food sovereignty, fruit variety, genetic modification, Green Revolution, knowledge, local variety, pastoral, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, seed, selective breeding, smallholder, vegetable variety
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Existing cropland could feed four billion more by dropping biofuels and animal feed
Emily Cassidy at the University of Minnesota says that four billion more people could eat if existing croplands were used in better ways. ‘We already produce enough calories to feed a few billion more people. As our planet gets more … Continue reading
African Agricultural Growth Corridors and the New Alliance: who benefits, who loses?
Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher at EcoNexus tell us about African Agricultural Growth Corridors and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. You can see their report here. The idea is to end poverty and hunger by promoting commercial, … Continue reading
Posted in food, money and trade
Tagged Africa, development, dryland, farmer, Group of Eight, history, intensive, land, land use, New Alliance, pastoral, politics, poverty, smallholder, trade, transport, United Nations
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The G8′s great land-grab
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged access to land, development, education, farmer, land, land grab, land use, pastoral, politics, poverty
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U.S., Malaysia Lead Worldwide ‘Land Grabs’
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
By Stephen Leahy Uxbridge — Africa is the main target for “land grabs” by foreign investors, according to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world released Monday. “Africa is the place for cheap…
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged access to land, development, education, farmer, land, land grab, land use, pastoral, politics, poverty
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Pastoralism’s economic contributions are significant but overlooked
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Experts say a ‘total economic valuation’ is needed to fully appreciate pastoralists’ contribution to national economies NAIROBI, 16 May 2013 (IRIN) – Pastoralism is often regarded as an antiquated practice ill-suited to the modern economy, yet…
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Tagged development, dryland, finance, food, livestock, pastoral, politics, trade
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Pastoralists and information technology
What use is information technology (IT) to pastoralists? Potentially a lot of use, I think, but I see no mention of it. Some of you good people who read my blog are IT experts, some of you are experts in … Continue reading
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Tagged development, internet, knowledge, pastoral, phone, rural, technology
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