La creciente inseguridad en la tenencia está limitando la implementación de una política de desarrollo sostenible en muchos países, mientras que en la Amazonía brasileña las luchas por la tierra se han vinculado con conflictos violentos y una exc…
Archive for May, 2012
Livestock and Fish Research Program recruiting a development manager
ILRI seeks to recruit a Development Manager for the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Livestock and Fish “More Meat, Milk and Fish by and for the Poor”. This CRP seeks to sustainably increase productivity of small-scale livestock and aquaculture systems to increase availability and affordability of animal-source foods for poor consumers and in doing so, to reduce poverty through greater participation by the poor along the value chains that supply them. With an annual budget of $30 million and led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the CRP brings together 4 CGIAR centers and multiple partners from the research, [...]
Changing the fortunes of farmers in Ethiopia through better livestock feed
This brief photofilm (1:23 minutes) shares the memorable story of an Ethiopian farmer whose life has changed by the use of improved livestock feed. ‘If you climb up the rickety ladder on to the roof of the stone dwelling where Gebremichael Desta …
Nepal farmers like rust resistant wheat
On 14 May 2012, at Tikathali, Changathali Village Development Committee Centre (VDC) in Lalitpur, around 30 participants from MoA, NARC, seed companies, and CIMMYT were joined by 61 farmers (43 female, 18 male) and several graduate students and technic…
High in the Andes, poor farmer is “dirt rich” in potato diversity
At some 4,000 meters above sea level, where little but the potato is hardy enough to withstand the inhospitable climate, it is not uncommon to eat potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner – so potato variety is sought to break the culinary monotony. …