Tag: Food and Agriculture Organization
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How Traditional Societies Harvest Rainwater
In her show Sunita Narain talks about her journey through India’s villages where she learned about the extraordinary ways in which traditional societies harvest rainwater.
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United Nations’ FAO Reaches Landmark Decision
This is great news! The Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Emsden announces a landmark decision reached by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization: …The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization Tuesday reached a deal giving extended support to co-operatives, a growing force in the global economy. The FAO’s memorandum of understanding is with the International…
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Agroecology – A Potentially World-Saving Concept
In his recent article “How to Feed the World” on the World Policy Blog, Alvaro Rodriguez notes that our current industrial food system is failing to feed the world. Today roughly 15 percent of the world’s population, some 1 billion people, goes hungry. At the same time, fertilizer overuse remains a major cause of environmental…
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