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Improving food security in mountains

Lipy Adhikari Climatic changes have added challenges for agriculture particularly in mountain areas Posted at SixDegrees as part of collaboration with Assam Times to share relevant news under creative commons attributes Agriculture is the most dominant sector in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) coun

Can China’s South-North Water Transfer project and industry co-exist?

Huw Pohlner Source of China’s huge water transfer scheme has taken a heavy toll on traditional industries such as aquaculture, says new research Posted at thethirdpole.net, that focuses on understanding Asia’s water crisis. Originally published in chinadiaologue and republished at SixDegrees u

Social protection can eradicate hunger: FAO

Poverty among those employed in fisheries remains widespread globally At least 368 million children receive food at school each day In Zambia, a cash-grants program led households to increase livestock ownership In rural Brazil, gender inequalities reduced by making mandatory joint ownership of

Insurance scheme helps Bangladesh flood victims minimise losses

Rafiqul Islam A flood insurance scheme, introduced as a pilot project by an international NGO, has helped families in Bangladesh cope with the economic fallout of floods Orignially posted at thethirdpole.net, that focuses on understanding Asia’s water crisis. Republished at SixDegrees under Cre

Food , Labour , Resources , Soil / 09/13/2015
Malawi’s farm subsidy benefits the poor but doesn’t come cheap

Channing Arndt, United Nations University; James Thurlow, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Karl Pauw, International Food Policy Research Institute Malawi’s farm input subsidy benefits the poor and can be part of a viable national development strategy Orignially posted at The Conve

Can the Earth feed 11 billion people? Four reasons to fear a Malthusian future

James Dyke, University of Southampton Humanity is on course for a population greater than 11 billion by the end of this century, according to the latest analysis from the UN’s population division Orignially posted at The Conversation, that generates news and views from the academic and research co

World hunger is under 800 million: 2015 report on food insecurities

167 million people uplifted from hunger over the last ten years 72 countries halved the proportion of chronically undernourished Burden of hunger is in South Asia-281 million people are undernourished 24 African countries currently face food crises, twice as many as in 1990 The number of hungry peop

Did you know that 2014 was the International Year of Family Farming? Know their worth!

FAO, the UN fountainhead for securing global food in its recent report on family farms informed that more than 500 million family farms produce about 80 percent of the world’s food in value terms, and collectively they are the largest source of employment worldwide. Yet the highest rate of suicide

Caste Rules The Roost Across South Asia

Guest Article: Contrary to popular perception, caste-based discrimination is not a phenomenon confined to India, says Nidheesh J Villatt,  General Secretary, Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan/NCDHR Rooting for Dalit rights: Activists participating in the People’s SAARC meet in Kathmandu take out a m

Thousands gather in Delhi to defend people’s rights; #blindmedia ignores

Activists, labourers, farmers, numbering about 30,000 organized a massive rally  Abki Baar Humara Adhikar (This Time, Our Rights; Hindi) in Delhi on 2nd December to demand and defend their rights that the current government is overzealous for amending people friendly laws to market friendly laws

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