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Държава-членка на света за 2011 г. е на разположение сега! Кликнете тук Апр 25 Подхранващ планетата земеделието , земеделските стопани , Подхранващ на планетата ,- Подхранващ на Планета ТВ , Вода В епизода тази седмица, Подхранващ на Planet обсъжда на по-добро Памук инициатива на една международна асоциация членство направени до памучни търговци на дребно, производители, и с нестопанска цел групи с които се работи в Пакистан, Индия, Бразилия, Западна и Централна Африка (Бенин, Сенегал, Мали, Буркина Фасо) за насърчаване на устойчивото отглеждане на памук, че е по-малко вреден за здравето на селскостопанските производители и околната среда. Видео: http://youtu.be/TnVt_Y6Ysdg За да прочетете повече ... 26 май Подхранващ планетата Африка , земеделието , Буркина Фасо , на икономиката , фермерите , Индия , иновации , иновации на седмицата , подхранващ планетата , органичен , Сенегал С Janeen Мадан Деветдесет процента от памук в света се отглежда от фермерите в развиващите се страни - те продават памук, за да местните предачите и памукопреработвателите, които доставят големи международни купувачи, като Hanes, Виктория Secret, и Nike. Но отглеждането на памук може да има тежки рискове за здравето на тези, които го отглеждат и околната среда. Неефективни техники за напояване правят ...
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State of the World 2011 is available now! Click here Archive for May, 2011 May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Food, Food Security This Thursday, June 2nd, a US congressional briefing on ” Fresh Approaches to Food Security: Feeding the World While Caring for the Planet and Its Most Vulnerable People” will be held on Capitol Hill with speakers from the UN, USAID, IFAD and many others. At this event, Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Conservation, Farmers, sub-Saharan Africa By Amanda Strickler This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation! Before synthetic fertilizers, machinery, and fossil fuels became the quick-fixes for improving agricultural production, what did famers do? Many of them reassessed their ... May Nourishing the Planet Uncategorized The Aspen Environment Forum, presented by the Aspen Institute in partnership with National Geographic, kicks off today in Aspen, Colorado. Nourishing the Planet co-project Director, Danielle Nierenberg, will join others, including 350.org founder Bill McKibben, and Director and Founder of the Global Water Policy Project, Sandra Postel, at the forum, where they will discuss environmental challenges–and ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, agroforestry, Burkina Faso, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Mali, Niger, Senegal By Kim Kido From food to fragrance, virtually no part of the sweet detar tree (Detarium microcarpum) goes unused. A study of the Mare aux Hippopotames Biosphere Reserve in western Burkina Faso identified the tree as one of six multi-use species “most appreciated by people” and thus “most important”. Two varieties of the species exist. May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Funding, Hunger, Income, Nourishing the Planet, Photos, Poverty Three-quarters of the world’s poorest people directly depend on small plots of farmland for food and income, yet they often do not have access to the right resources in order to be successful. If provided with the right tools and extension services, these small scale farmers could grow more and sell more food, feed their ... May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Environment, Indigenous, Nourishing the Planet This week we are in Aspen, Colorado participating at the Aspen Environment Forum. Stay tuned for more updates from this event throughout the week! Some highlights from the past week: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security took place this week. Check out our coverage of the event and see ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Extension, Farmers, Green Revolution, Mozambique, Nourishing the Planet in the News, Seeds Check out this recently published article in the Associate Press which highlights the need for good quality seeds and better extension services for farmers worldwide. According to experts, only 20 percent of farmers across Africa have access to state-of-the-art seeds. But organizations, like the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, are working to improve farmers’ ... May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Diet, Environment, Farmers, Food, Health, Nutrition, Sustainable By Janeen Madan Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and founder of Food Day 2011. Over the years, he has led campaigns for healthier diets and against trans fat, salt, soft drinks, olestra, food dyes, and other unhealthy ingredients. Jacobson is the author or co-author ... May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Farmers, Food Security, Women Check out this new online infographic recently launched by Farming First, a coalition of organizations, including the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), who are working to promote practical programs to further sustainable agriculture. Entitled The Story of Agriculture and the Green Economy, the infographic uses data from leading research organizations to ... May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Farmers, Food, Hunger, Nutrition, Poverty By Matt Styslinger At the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Washington, D.C. Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security on May 24th, speakers and panelists emphasized the need for approaches to agricultural development that include more than just increases in crop production. While programs that improve production and incomes—particularly of smallholder farmer—are needed, special attention should ... May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Environment, Farmers The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will launch its recently approved Environment and Natural Resource Management Policy on Wednesday, June 1, starting at 3:30 p.m. with a webcast event that will be opened by IFAD’s president, Kanayo Nwanze, and Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP – to mark World Environment Day (Sunday, June 5). May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Farmers, Poverty By Matt Styslinger In his Keynote speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs annual Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security in Washington, D.C. on May 24th, Bill Gates declared that “helping poor farming families grow more crops and get them to market is the world’s single most powerful lever for reducing poverty and hunger.” “I’d ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Economy, Farmers, India, Innovation, Innovation of the Week, Nourishing the Planet, organic, Senegal By Janeen Madan Ninety percent of the world’s cotton is grown by farmers in developing countries – they sell their cotton to local spinners and ginners that supply large international buyers, such as Hanes, Victoria’s Secret, and Nike. But, cotton cultivation can have severe health risks for those who grow it—and the environment. Inefficient irrigation techniques make ... May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Development, Funding By Matt Styslinger The Chicago Council on Global Affairs held its annual Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, May 24th, featuring keynote presentations from Bill Gates, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Rajiv Shah, and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tom Vilsack. The event coincided ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Conservation, Education, Extension, Hunger, Income, Land, Nourishing the Planet, South Africa, Wildlife In this week’s episode, research fellow Supriya Kumar discusses Nazeer Ahmed Sonday and his work at the Philippi Horticulture Area (PHA). This piece of farmland, enclosed in concrete, not only produces fresh produce for the residents of Cape Town, South Africa, but it is also home to hundreds of species of ... May Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, Farmers, Urban Farming By Supriya Kumar Popularly known as the “windy city”, Chicago is on its way to a warmer and wetter future, according to climate scientists. Like many other American cities, Chicago is experiencing the real effects of climate change and city planners are already adapting to the changes in temperature. According to the scientists, Chicago could expect 35 ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Cooperatives, disease, Livestock, Nourishing the Planet, Wildlife By Matt Styslinger This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we’ll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation! According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the rate of wildlife extinction is currently 100 to 1,000 times higher ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Farmers, Food, Hunger, Income, Poverty, Tanzania By Michal Rosenoer At a fundraiser for the 2Seeds Network in Washington DC on May 19th, former Congresswoman Nancy Johnson (R-Ct.) exclaimed that, in a diverse world, conflict is inevitable. She noted that if we can build a foundation of shared prosperity and understanding, we can build a pathway towards a more peaceful world. Building ... May Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Farmers, Food, Food safety, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, India, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Nourishing the Planet, Nutrition No single food can put an end to hunger. But worldwide there are many different fruits and vegetables that are helping to improve nutrition and diets, while increasing incomes and improving livelihoods. Today, Nourishing the Planet introduces a new series featuring the four vegetables—and one fruit that acts like a vegetable— that you have likely never ... May Nourishing the Planet Uncategorized We just had an exciting week in New York City where we continued to meet with NGOs, researchers, and food activists to share the innovations we’ve found over the last year and a half as we traveled through 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for our research for State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish ...