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March 2006

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28.03.2006 Con un aplauso cerrado de toda la sociedad civil y festejos de los más de 400 integrantes del Movimiento de los Trabajadores sin Tierra (MST) que manifestaban en la calle se cerró esta mañana una etapa más de la resistencia de la sociedad civil de todo el planeta a la Tecnología Terminator. E
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From: Acción por la Biodiversidad
Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Agriculture] [Trade]
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24.03.2006 Tansanian hallitus on arvioinut, että seuraavien parin kuukauden kuluessa 4 miljoona ihmistä tarvitsee 100 000 tonnia maissia selvitäkseen seuraavaan satoon asti. Etiopiassa nälästä kärsii 8 - 10 miljoonaa ihmistä. Syynä on itäistä Afrikkaa rankasti koetteleva kuivuus. Suomen Lähetysseura aloittaa keräyksen ruoka-avun saamiseksi Etiopian ja Tansanian nälänhätäalueille.
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From: Suomen Lähetysseura
Related topics/regions: [East Africa]
Image: Etiopia © Rachel Stabb / Oxfam Great Britain
Author Devinder Sharma is a food and trade policy analyst based in New Delhi, India.
23.03.2006 Mounting debt and a largely indifferent government are leading to rural distress and forcing communities to sell their land in India's Punjab province, explains analyst Devinder Sharma. What started as an isolated case is spreading as more villages are forced to deal with the ill-effects of the "Green Revolution."
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From: In Motion Magazine
Related topics/regions: [India] [Agriculture] [Land] [Poverty] [Debt] [Soils] [Governance]
Image: Author Devinder Sharma is a food and trade policy analyst based in New Delhi, India. © Nic Paget-Clarke / In Motion Magazine
22.03.2006 As fast food chains begin to take root and grow throughout Latin America, so do many Latinos’ waistlines. McDonalds and others are being accused of false advertisement and fudging nutritional facts, amplifying the problem.
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From: In These Times
Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Consumption] [Corporations] [Nutrition/malnutrition]
21.03.2006 KOZHIKODE: Fifteen visually impaired persons have been provided employment at a unit set up to manufacture disposable, eco-friendly plates under the aegis of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) here. Forest Minister A. Sujanapal formally inaugurated the unit at a programme held here on Sunday.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Development] [Aid] [Poverty] [MDGs]
20.03.2006 Sahelin kuivuusalue Länsi-Afrikassa on hiljalleen toipumassa viime vuonna kärjistyneestä kriisistä, jonka aiheutti pitkäaikaisen kuivuuden synnyttämä ruokapula. Eniten kuivuudesta ovat kärsineet Niger, Mali, Mauritania ja Burkina Faso. Kiireellisin avustustyö on tehty, ja nyt pitäisi panostaa ongelmien alkuperään.
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From: Punainen Risti
Related topics/regions: [West Africa] [Emergency relief]
15.03.2006 Hoy (13 marzo) comenzó la tercera Reunión del Protocolo de Bioseguridad de Cartagena en Curitiba, Brasil donde debe decidirse de una vez por todas si los embarques internacionales de transgénicos deberán contener información precisa sobre qué transgénicos y en qué cantidad vienen en las importaciones de granos o si los embarques solo informarán que "pueden contener" transgénicos.
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From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Agriculture] [Trade]
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10.03.2006 Aliravittujen osuus väestöstä on Aasiassa laskussa, mutta Etelä-Aasiassa on edelleen sekä määrällisesti että prosentuaalisesti eniten aliravittuja lapsia maailmassa. Tämä tuli ilmi Maailmanpankin tuoreessa raportissa, jonka tarkoitus on nostaa ravintoasiat kehitystyön keskiöön. Aliravitsemus on yksi merkittävimmistä köyhyyttä ylläpitävistä tekijöistä.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [South Asia]
Image: - © World Vision UK
06.03.2006 The global reduction in hunger since 1990 (as measured by the UN Food &
Agriculture Organisation’s under nourishment indicator) has been due, primarily, to decreases in countries in Eastern and South Eastern Asia. These regions, along with Latin America and the Caribbean are expected, on current trends, to meet the target.
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Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Asia and the Pacific] [South Asia] [South East Asia] [Development] [MDGs]

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