Cobertura total: Agricultura

30.04.2008 BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia's women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women's rights activists from across the region.

28.04.2008 WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (OneWorld) - Far away and close to home the growing world food crisis is taking a toll. While Americans are increasingly shocked at their rising grocery bills, hunger threatens lives and stability in several developing countries.

28.04.2008 Continuing food crisis in Afghanistan is frustrating people as several cities witness protests, riots and looting. While people blame government for this crisis, experts attribute it to both local and global factors. The country would need over half-a-million tonnes of imported wheat to meet the current demand.

25.04.2008 This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States.

25.04.2008 Certification alone cannot guarantee that agrofuels are being produced sustainably. 'Sustainability' is being used as a smokescreen, shows a new report (PDF).
From: Friends of the Earth Europe

24.04.2008 A new international study says there is need for more agricultural research to be able to produce more in a sustainable manner. The study however cautions against excessive optimism about transgenic crops, as their potential environmental and health risks are yet unknown.

23.04.2008 The UN food agency has alerted Pakistan against a possible attack of Ug99 on wheat crops. Even as officials from the country have denied its presence, there are fears that winds from Iran and Balochistan may blow in the black stem rust, leading to widespread crop loss in South Asia.

23.04.2008 Shreekrishna Kalamb, a poet-farmer in Vidarbha region of western India, ended his life on March 24. His death and those of 250 others, who have committed suicide since January, are symbolic of an agrarian crisis that the country is reeling under for past many years.

23.04.2008 Expectations of bumper rice crop in Bangladesh may be good news for Bangladeshis. However, the UN food agency feels that it may not be enough to pull the country out of the present food crisis, where half of the population lives below the poverty line.

21.04.2008 Foods such as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer's carbon footprint than the distance the food has travelled.
From: New Scientist

21.04.2008 The European commission is backing away from its insistence on imposing a compulsory 10% quota of biofuels in all petrol and diesel by 2020.
From: The Guardian

19.04.2008 NEW YORK, Apr 19 (OneWorld) - The current food crisis causing hunger and starvation for millions of people across the world is not going to end as long as those who dominate the international grain markets remain unwilling to change their behavior, according to experts specializing in international trade and environmental economics.

18.04.2008 An 18-day march by Indian farmers ended on April 12 at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial in New Delhi. The march was organised by Navdanya Trust to spread awareness on seed and food sovereignty currently facing the onslaught of multinational companies.

18.04.2008 With its fertile land and abundant rivers, a long-term investment in agricultural infrastructure from donors can make Afghanistan self-sufficient in food, says a UN official. Up to 70% of Afghans are suffering from acute food insecurity due to poverty, drought and years of conflict.

17.04.2008 The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits.
From: The Telegraph

16.04.2008 DHAKA, Apr 16 (OneWorld) - Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes.

16.04.2008 KKS Melati mengembangkan sebuah kegiatan yang disebut wisata baca dan peduli lingkungan. Kegiatan ini merupakan bagian dari kegiatan rutin “Rolling book” yang diselenggarakan setiap 3 bulan yang digabungkan dengan wisata lingkungan untuk mengajak anak-anak jalanan, dhuafa dan taman baca lebih memahami pentingnya melestarikan lingkungan di sekitarnya

14.04.2008 Scientists tasked with advising the European Union's policy-makers have called for a target on promoting the greater use of biofuels to be dropped.

14.04.2008 The rise in food prices, the [Indian] government says, is an international phenomenon. But this argument is unlikely to cut much ice with the people. At the crux of the crisis is the tardy pace at which farm output has been growing in recent years, says senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.

14.04.2008 Almost nine out of ten Britons have no idea that biofuels will be added to their petrol from from 15 April.