Agriculture and Development

Type: Organization

Name: Agriculture and Development

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

REFORM THE NATIONAL BEST FARMER AWARD SCHEME! - AGROMINDSET 1 David Asare Asiamah

Acknowledgement is given the honouring of the national, regional and district level farmers for excelling in their farming and fishing businesses which contributes to economic development. Significant improvements in the farmer awards scheme is seen today ... [Published Modern Ghana - May 19 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Ghana, Global Warming/Climate Change, Agriculture and Development

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

John McCarthy

Officials: Medicaid reforms at risk if program isn't expanded

Reforms to Ohios Medicaid system in recent years have saved the state millions of dollars, but failing to expand the program could put that progress at risk, top state health officials warned.The officials spoke at the first meeting Tuesday of The Healthier ... [Published Cincinnati Enquirer - May 08 2013]

Entities: Medicaid, Reformism, John McCarthy

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Wildrose critic speaks out against Carbon Merchants

Alberta’s carbon offset market continues to short change farmers as a company identified as breaking contracts is still registered on the Environment and Sustainable Resources Development (ESRD) registry, Wildrose Environment Critic Joe Anglin said r ... [Published Rimbey Review - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Carbon, Carbon Offset, Agriculture and Development, Carbon Market

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Grassroot-level innovations may hold the key to global challenges

Development professionals should help spread the ideas that are effective in solving problems but often remain in obscurityLow tech, grassroot-level innovations may hold the key to overcoming some of the resource challenges we face today; and we might ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Invention, Henri de Laulanie, Burkina Faso, Agriculture and Development, Entrepreneur

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

CIIFAD to showcase student international projects April 18

‪The Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development will showcase multidisciplinary student programs in international development April 18. ... [Published Cornell Science and Technology News - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Agriculture and Development, The Cornell Group Inc

First reported Feb 06 2013 - Updated Feb 07 2013 - 1 reports

Gulf of Aden Security Review - February 6, 2013

Yemen : President Hadi announces National Dialogue Conference to commence March 18; gunmen flying al Qaeda flag erect checkpoint on coast of Abyan governorate; details of Interior Ministry restructuring revealed in Yemeni paper; al Houthis release names ... [Published Critical Threats - Feb 06 2013]

Entities: Security Review, Somalia, Gulf of Aden

First reported Jan 18 2013 - Updated Jan 18 2013 - 1 reports

Phase II

Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD's Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2)

The challenge of rural poverty and food insecurity in the developing world remains daunting. Recent estimates show that “there are still about 1.2 billion extremely poor people in the world. In addition, about 870 million people are undernourished, ... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Jan 18 2013]

Entities: International Fund for Agricultural Development, Phase II, Agriculture and Development

Quotes

"Investment in farmland is a major cause of land-grabbing, which wrecks the lives of thousands of communities overseas."

Barclays and HSBC financing land-grabbing company in Uganda [Published Individual.com - May 20 2013]

"The integration of information and communications technology plays a critical role in ending the cycle of poverty, helping people share information and giving them the tools to improve their own social and economic situations."

Grassroot-level innovations may hold the key to global challenges [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 17 2013]

...Her household is now eating little other than maize. "The food I sell is now more expensive, so customers feel I am cheating them and they don't buy" , she added

Rising Food Prices Test Banda [Published AllAfrica.com - Sep 28 2012]

"The main problem of the small farmer is market access" Chitja said. "How will they put (their goods) into the marketplace?"

As Supermarkets Spread in Africa, Some Farmers Find It Hard to Compete [Published PBS - Sep 26 2012]

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Wildrose critic speaks out against Carbon Merch... [Published Rimbey Review - Apr 30 2013]
Nationwide mangrove-forest expansion needed, sa... [Published Business Mirror - Apr 28 2013]
Grassroot-level innovations may hold the key to... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 17 2013]
CIIFAD to showcase student international projec... [Published Cornell Science and Technology News - Apr 16 2013]
Gulf of Aden Security Review - February 6, 2013 [Published Critical Threats - Feb 06 2013]
Scaling Up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD's ... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Jan 18 2013]
Nepal: Analysis: Five reasons malnutrition stil... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Dec 14 2012]
Rising Food Prices Test Banda [Published AllAfrica.com - Sep 28 2012]
As Supermarkets Spread in Africa, Some Farmers ... [Published PBS - Sep 26 2012]