The Rural Non-farm Economy: Prospects for Growth and Poverty Reduction July 31-2013 Policy makers have high expectations for the rural non-farm economy (RNFE). Given high income shares, growing employment, and frequently low capital requirements, they see the RNFE as a potential pathway out of poverty for their rural poor. Yet available evidence suggests that pro-poor […]
Policy Implications of Trends in Agribusiness Value Chains July 31-2013 Abstract Production and export of non-traditional agricultural products offer potential for economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. However, market access for small farmers is being undermined by the increasing complexity of global value chains in agribusiness. Increasing vertical coordination in global agribusiness value chains changes the requirements placed on small […]
Events in The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden July 31-2013 The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden is open to the public Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 4:30pm. You can find us on the corner of the Inner Circle and Chester Road, next to the Park Office. We run special open days with activities, competitions, games and […]
UK’s largest Edible Open Gardens Day offers glimpse of city’s ‘food-farms’ July 31-2013 Around 50 of London’s community food-growing gardens will be throwing open their gates to the public in September, resulting in the largest opening of food growing spaces on a single day for any one city in the UK.
July 30, 2013 FAISALABAD: Experts at an international seminar on Tuesday called for promotion of environment-friendly agricultural practices like precision cultivation to increase productivity and to reduce the input cost. The seminar titled Technology, Energy and Natural Resources was arranged by the Department of Environmental Sciences of GC University, Faisalabad (GCUF) and was presided over […]
Enterprise Development Programme July 30-2013. The potential of women entrepreneurs remains largely untapped in developing and emerging markets, with many still lacking the skills, capital and access to markets they need to be successful micro, small and growing business owners. Women are also three times more likely to operate in the informal economy due to […]
Bombs explode in busy market in northern Pakistan, killing 23 people PARACHINAR, Pakistan — A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday evening in northern Pakistan, tearing through crowds of shoppers grabbing last-minute items to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan and killing 23 people, a doctor said. […]
Higher food prices will hurt the poor July 30-2013 Low-income families will be hardest hit by rising food prices, local food experts say. Everything from bread to meat is expected to increase in price throughout the year. Randalin Ellery, coordinator of the Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination, said food prices are already high […]
Food Security & Agriculture July 30,2013. OIC International’s Food Security & Agriculture programs aim to make measurable and sustainable improvements in farming production and resource utilization through instruction and skills improvement in growing, processing and marketing practices. We provide direct technical assistance to farmers through field extension agents, who live and work in communities to […]
Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development: Responding to Asia’s Food Crisis July 30,2013. Two-thirds of the world’s one billion hungry reside in Asia and the Pacific and rising food prices are bringing the specter of food shortages and undernutrition to millions more of the region’s poor. In response to this regional food crisis, ADB has […]
Saudi Arabia’s food and agriculture sectors maintaining annual 18.5% growth July 30,2013. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s agriculture and food sectors are expected to sustain a combined annual growth of 18.5%, driven by a rising population and strong consumer spending. Food sales in the Kingdom account for around half of the domestic retail market and […]
Climate in Agriculture July 29,2013. There are three climatic zones in the kingdom: (1) desert almost everywhere, (2) steppe along the western highlands, forming a strip less than 100 miles (160 km) wide in the north but becoming almost 300 miles (480 km) wide at the latitude of Mecca, and (3) a small area of […]
Agriculture & Water July 29,2013. Saudi Arabia’s agricultural development over the last three decades has been astonishing. Large areas of desert have been turned into agricultural fields – a major accomplishment in a country that receives an average of about four inches of rain a year, one of the lowest rates in the world. Today, […]
Canadian Goose Burger, Anyone? Eating Invasive Species to Control Their Numbers July 29,2013. Would you eat a Canadian Goose burger? The video below suggests that it may not only be less harmful to the environment, but could actually provide an ecological benefit in areas where some varieties of Canada Geese are becoming invasive. That’s the […]
Collapsible solar pavilion charges Volvo V60, fits in its trunk July 29,2013. In the future, electric cars and plug-in hybrids may be able to carry their own solar charging station with them, folded up and ready to deploy, right from the car’s trunk. The first of its kind is expected to be displayed in Rome […]
HIGH EFFICIENCY IRRIGATION SYSTEM July 29,2013. Associated Technologies (Pvt) Ltd was established in 1987, and has since then pursued the path of continuous improvement and success. ATL brings together a blend of experienced professionals and managers with demonstrable achievements in their respective areas of competence. ATL’s core expertise lies in infrastructure projects, with a focus on highly sought-after disciplines such as […]
Laser Land Leveler July 29,2013. EASY FARMING Our firm has established on 1990 in Chak Hakeem Imam-ud-Din, Tehsil Depalpur, Distt. Okara. Pakistan producing agricultural machines (Complete Laser Land Leveling System). We are exporting our machines all over the world. Easy Farming Laser Land Leveler is the leading farm equipment. Laser Land Leveler is an […]
A line in the sand July 29,2013. The Right to Homestead Bill could change the face of the nation by addressing the principal cause of rural poverty, landlessness. But we need to act soon, says Roy L Prosterman. The best predictor of poverty in India is neither caste nor illiteracy, but landlessness. Approximately three-quarters of […]
Securing land rights for the world’s poorest people July 29,2013. Across the globe, from China’s rice paddies to Rwanda’s cassava fields, the world’s poorest people are climbing out of poverty by gaining legal control of their land. For more than four decades, Landesa has championed the power of land ownership and secure land rights as the key […]
Eat a Banana, Save the Planet! Look, I’ve never been the biggest fan of Chiquita Bananas, after having long ago learned about human-rights repressing, anti-democratic business practices which their predecessor, the United Fruit Company, engaged in throughout Central America in the past century. So I find having to write about what’s been happening in the […]