|
 Sort by:
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
Submitted by
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
世行行长佐利克称:粮价高企或持续至2015年
世界银行行长罗伯特·佐利克日前访问墨西哥时表示，全球粮价高企的局面有可能持续到2015年。佐利克说，2009年至2010年间，全球粮食价格可能因产量提高而出现下降，不过粮价高企的局面会持续到2015年左右。
|
|
09 May 2008 |
|
xiaochong zhang
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
国际粮价涨水客违规搬米忙 海关表示要严厉打击
一天内多趟来回，每次回去左右手各提两大袋大米，看似是从内地买回大米过澳门，但实际上是专门的“米托”。受国际粮食价格上涨的影响，近来越来越多的水客采用蚂蚁搬家的形式违规携带国产大米出境。来自拱北海关的统计显示，在刚刚过去的35天，拱北海关先后退运旅客超量违规携带出境的大米800包。
|
|
09 May 2008 |
|
xiaochong zhang
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
|
广东成为粮食调入最大省份 本地产大米只占2%
4月上中旬国际粮价开始了新一轮上涨，不过这次的领涨板块已经不是玉米、大豆，而是大米，香港人喜欢吃的泰国香米，一个月暴涨了30%，以至于引发了超市里的大米抢购潮，与香港一水之隔的广东省，大米市场有没有受到波及？我们的记者来到广东省最大的粮食批发市场进行了调查。
|
|
09 May 2008 |
|
xiaochong zhang
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
|
Case Studies on Agriculture Technology Innovation in Africa
This is a set of case studies of successful technology projects having achieved scale within several countries in Africa. The case studies were developed for a conference titled "Developing Technology and Innovation in Africa: Focus on Agriculture and Food Industry" held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, May 12-14, 2008.
|
|
07 May 2008 |
|
John Daly
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
|
Food Prices and Inflation in Developing Asia: Is Poverty Reduction Coming to an End?
This Special Report was prepared by a team from the Asian Development Bank's Economics and Research Department. Food prices have increased sharply since mid-2007 and accelerated alarmingly in early 2008. Rice and wheat prices have spiked at levels not seen in over three decades. This threatens to exacerbate poverty in developing Asia by reducing th. . .
|
|
06 May 2008 |
|
Njoman George Bestari
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
|
Asian Development Bank, Soaring Food Prices: Response to the Crisis
This paper explains why food prices are rising and how the Asian Development Bank is responding to this crisis.
Soaring food grain prices in recent months have caused serious concern around the world. In Asia the estimated 1.2 billion poor people who spend on average 60% of their income on food have been hit hard. Food price inflation severely s. . .
|
|
06 May 2008 |
|
Njoman George Bestari
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 7 |
|
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Agricultural Forum, April 22, 2008
The CFTC hosted an agricultural forum on April 22, 2008 to gather information about whether the futures markets are properly performing their risk management and price discovery roles.
|
|
06 May 2008 |
|
Njoman George Bestari
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 8 |
|
Free four-day Online e-learning Course: NETWORKING IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT for members in Asia
The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation invite applications from the e-agriculture.org Community in Asia to participate in a free four-day Online e-learning Course:
NETWORKING IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT
A Course for Applicants in Asia will be held in late 2008.
Only open to . . .
|
|
05 May 2008 |
|
Charlotte Masiello
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 9 |
|
Rainwater Tank Rebate Program
The use of rainwater tanks has been a popular topic of discussion in the community because of the dry conditions in the past few years. Rainwater tanks help conserve water, our precious natural resource and also help manage stormwater run-off.
The decision of whether to buy a rainwater tank, especially for use around the home, requires some rese. . .
|
|
30 Apr 2008 |
|
Emmanuel Habumuremyi
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 10 |
|
The Food Crisis
After more than three decades of relatively stable nominal food prices on the world markets during the years 1974-2005 and a gradual decline in their real price by an astounding 75%, largely as an effect of the decline in the world price of grains, a combination of several factors since 2005 brought a sharp increase in food and feed prices at accel. . .
|
|
30 Apr 2008 |
|
Emmanuel Habumuremyi
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 11 |
|
Agricultural production capacity and food security built into a Model for ecological, sustainable, local integrated development projects.
This article shows how projects under the Model for self-financing, ecological, sustainable, local development projects promoted by the Dutch NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet ("Another Way") support agricultural production and increase food security in project areas. The Model is in the public domain and available for use free of charge. It can be downl. . .
|
|
30 Apr 2008 |
|
Terrence Manning
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 12 |
|
Respect for ecology built into a Model for self-financing, ecological, sustainable, local integrated development projects
The article shows how ecology is built into the Model for self-financing, ecological, sustainable, local integrated development projects for the world’s poor promoted by the Dutch NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet ("Another Way"). The Model is in the public domain and available for use free of charge. It can be downloaded from website www.flowman.nl.
T. . .
|
|
30 Apr 2008 |
|
Terrence Manning
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 13 |
|
Respect for women’s rights built into a Model for self-financing, ecological, sustainable, local integrated development projects.
The article describes in detail how respect for women's rights is built into the Model for self-financing, ecological, sustainable, local integrated development projects for the world’s poor promoted by the Dutch NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet (“Another Way”). The Model is in the public domain and available for use free of charge. It can be downloade. . .
|
|
30 Apr 2008 |
|
Terrence Manning
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 14 |
|
Right to Food
The Right to Food website is an interactive website on the right to food, providing practical information for policy-makers, legal practitioners, civil society members, UN staff, academics and the general public.
Through the web site, users can increase their awareness of the human right to food, access resources for capacity-building at nation. . .
|
|
30 Apr 2008 |
|
Lidija Knuth
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
| 15 |
|
WTO Negotiations on Agriculture and Developing Countries
The World Trade Organization's Doha Round of trade talks has been plagued by a lack of concrete progress toward establishing a fair and harmonious agricultural trading system. Because the results of the Doha Round could have far-reaching implications for the trade and economic prospects of developing countries in the twenty-first century, it is cri. . .
|
|
29 Apr 2008 |
|
Emmanuel Habumuremyi
|
|
Read full summary and add your comments
email this item
|
|
|
|
