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Soaring food prices - news.
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Women grow food basket | Pata| Down To Earth magazineTraditionally, pata signifies a woman’s space in agriculture. Women would plant small strips of land with vegetables, fruits and spices, between the main crops like wheat, sorghum and pigeon pea. They would maintain and harvest them, depending on family needs.
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2008 Food Crisis: Rethinking Food Security PoliciesThe 2008 Food Price Crisis: Rethinking Food Security Policies The 2008 Food Price Crisis: Rethinking Food Security Policies, the latest in the G-24 Discussion Paper Series, is a timely report as member states of the United Nations come together 16-18 November, 2009 at the World Summit on ...
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Jon Foley argues for resilient integration of industrial and organic agriculture at Resilience ScienceJon Foley argues for resilient integration of industrial and organic agriculture Jon Foley argues for the integration of industrial and organic agriculture to meet the challenge of rising demand for agriculture production in a turbulent world in Room for Debate Blog on Can Biotech Food ...
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Food Chain Weekly Radio Program"What's Eating What Radio!" It's a fact! Every man, woman and child eats food, and 99.999% of us buy food from others who bring it from an average of 2,000 miles away. And so the hungry ask: "What's in this tomato? Who planted that broccoli? Is it safe to eat genetically-engineered cornmeal? ...
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allAfrica.com: Southern Africa: Climate Change - SADC Must Strategise (Page 1 of 1)Southern Africa: Climate Change - SADC Must Strategise 7 September 2009 Harare — Over the years, America and Europe have been using food as a tool for regime change, fanning unrest and causing instability in smaller nations. African leaders, viewed as errant, have found themselves on the ...
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92Food Chain Weekly Radio ProgramMore perspectives on real food and real communities from the unreal planet called California.boabjohn added 2 months ago
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92Serious Green: Movies That Go Beyond Food Inc | Serious EatsGreat round-up of movies and trailers on our favourite theme: food and sustainabilityboabjohn added 2 months ago
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92FAO Investment Centre | No-Till Success in KazakhstanInteresting to read the bureaucractic giant's laser-like investigation of conservation farming techniques.boabjohn added 3 months ago
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92Find the FarmerLovely interactive guide to farmers supplying wheat. Ironically: this sort of "personal touch"" is only possible through a heavy dose of robot-powered info tech. Nice homey graphics though.boabjohn added 3 months ago
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92Australian Conservation Foundation - Future Food and FarmingExcellent 2-part series examining one of the primary food production catchments in Australia, and its management for local health as well as national wealth. Insightful policy analysis and recommendations. Could suggest a model for other foodsheds.boabjohn added 3 months ago
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