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Worldwatch Receives $1.3 Million Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Examine Hunger Solutions (Worldwatch Institute / Gates Foundation)

willem van cotthem wrote 5 days ago: Read at : Worldwatch Institute http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1000?emc=el&m=268171&l=2&v … more →

Tags: Agriculture, dryland farming, Gates Foundation, hunger / famine

Sustainable agriculture development to ensure global food security (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 6 days ago: HELPING WORLD’S HUNGRY ALSO PROMOTES PEACE AND STABILITY – BAN New York, Jul 10 2009 11:00AM By help … more →

Tags: Food crisis, hunger / famine, malnutrition, Rural Development, Sustainable Development

"Addressing immediate hunger needs is a critical long-term investment" But which one ? (Willem Van Cotthem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 week ago: Please read attentively my former posting on : “UN AGENCIES URGE ACTION BY G8 LEADERS TO SUPPO … more →

Tags: allotment gardens, Community Gardens, container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, Drought, family gardens, Food crisis, Gardening & Horticulture

UN AGENCIES URGE ACTION BY G8 LEADERS TO SUPPORT WORLD’S HUNGRY (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 week ago: Read at : UNNews UN AGENCIES URGE ACTION BY G8 LEADERS TO SUPPORT WORLD’S HUNGRY New York, Jul  7 20 … more →

Tags: Food crisis, hunger / famine, malnutrition

Funding boost for local African think tanks (AfricaFiles / IRIN)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 week ago: AfricaFiles Title:  US$30 million local think tanks Author:  IRIN, Dakar Category:  Ecology Date:  … more →

Tags: climate / climate change

AFRICA’S FOOD CRISIS MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN AMID GLOBAL ECONOMIC WOES (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: AFRICA’S FOOD CRISIS MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN AMID GLOBAL ECONOMIC WOES – UN TRADE BODY New York, Jun 3 … more →

Tags: hunger / famine, Food crisis

LACK OF FUNDING FORCES UN FOOD AGENCY TO DOWNSIZE OPERATIONS IN DPR KOREA (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: LACK OF FUNDING FORCES UN FOOD AGENCY TO DOWNSIZE OPERATIONS IN DPR KOREA New York, Jul  1 2009 11: … more →

Tags: FAO, WFP

DONORS TO HELP AFRICA WEATHER FOOD CRISIS (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: TOP UN OFFICIALS URGE DONORS TO HELP AFRICA WEATHER FOOD CRISIS New York, Jul  1 2009 12:00PM As mo … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Food crisis

Brasil : CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER: COMMUNITY GARDENS (H. D. TEMP, Organização Cidades sem Fome)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Dear Sirs, The purpose of our contact is requesting your authorization so that we may send you infor … more →

Tags: hunger / famine / malnutrition, Community Gardens, Urban Agriculture

Brasil : CITIES WITHOUT HUNGER: COMMUNITY GARDENS (H. D. TEMP, Organização Cidades sem Fome)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Dear Sirs, The purpose of our contact is requesting your authorization so that we may send you infor … more →

Tags: hunger / famine, malnutrition, urban agriculture/farming, Community Gardens

THE FUTURE OF MALAWI (Patrick HARRY)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Here is an interesting message from : PATRICK HARRY <ptrckharry@yahoo.co.uk> THE FUTURE OF MAL … more →

Tags: container/bottle gardening, Desertification, Drought, Ecology & Environment, Gardening & Horticulture, hunger / famine, malnutrition, plastic bags, Reforestation

MIGIRO URGES SUSTAINABLE AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION TO TACKLE FOOD CRISIS (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: MIGIRO URGES SUSTAINABLE AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION TO TACKLE FOOD CRISIS New York, May  4 2009  7:00 … more →

Tags: Food crisis

BOOSTING FOOD PRODUCTION ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE HUNGER CRISIS (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: BOOSTING FOOD PRODUCTION ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE HUNGER CRISIS – UN EXPERT New York, May  7 2009  1:00 … more →

Tags: hunger / famine, Food crisis

WFP BRIDGES GAP TO FEED MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SOMALIA (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: WFP BRIDGES GAP TO FEED MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN CENTRAL SOMALIA New York, May 27 2009  7:00PM … more →

Tags: Agriculture, hunger / famine, WFP

FARMERS IN 11 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WIN UN-BACKED GRANTS FOR CONSERVING CROPS (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: FARMERS IN 11 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WIN UN-BACKED GRANTS FOR CONSERVING CROPS New York, Jun  2 2009 … more →

Tags: Agriculture, FAO, Sustainable Agriculture

GLOBAL CEREAL PRODUCTION CONTINUES TO REACH UNEXPECTED HIGHS (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: GLOBAL CEREAL PRODUCTION CONTINUES TO REACH UNEXPECTED HIGHS – UN REPORT New York, Jun  4 2009 12:0 … more →

Tags: Agriculture

MANY ZIMBABWEANS STILL HUNGRY IN SPITE OF HIGHER FOOD PRODUCTION (UNNews)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Read at : UNNews MANY ZIMBABWEANS STILL HUNGRY IN SPITE OF HIGHER FOOD PRODUCTION, SAYS UN REPORT N … more →

Tags: Agriculture, FAO, WFP

How Might Agriculture Develop in Southern Africa? (African SD Policy Makers / R. SHERMAN)

willem van cotthem wrote 2 weeks ago: Read at : African SD Policy Makers <africasd-l@lists.iisd.ca> How Might Agriculture Develop in … more →

Tags: Agriculture

Cheap grow bags for food production in the drylands (A. SCHRADER / W. VAN COTTHEM / Magz62)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 weeks ago: Last year I published a message on “Cheap grow bags“, containing some of my ideas about … more →


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