*PRGA Newsletter issue No. 13 September 2006
The Other India: The Farmers
The Other India consists of farmers, who form the agriculture backbone of India. This is the India that is seldom spoken about, but in recent years has got lot of press coverage because of the abject poverty and debt that many farmers find themselves in and consequently have resorted to committing suicide.
Free 'wiki' textbooks planned for developing nations
University students in poor countries could soon be able to access high-quality textbooks, thanks to a US-based initiative.
Turning on radios, tuning in to resource-conserving farm practices
A radio program in Nepal brings information to farmers in a language they understand. The weekly radio show on farming, targeted specifically to rural inhabitants, is one component of a project funded by CABI to introduce and promote resource-conserving technologies to the region’s rice and wheat farmers.
Control over nature will make the poor better off
The Biodiversity in European Development Cooperation in Paris, organized by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), concludes with a strong call to empower the poor to manage natural resources.
Increasing potato production in Afghanistan
Over 3000 tonnes of healthy potato seed have been produced in Afghanistan in a step towards developing an efficient and sustainable seed production and marketing system. The eventual impact of the work will be to produce more food to reduce hunger, alleviate poverty, improve living standards of rural people and reduce the area under illicit crop production.
Fact Sheet: Reservoirs of Hope
An IDRC-funded shared learning effort helps farmers deliver fresh water — and the prospect of a brighter future — to impoverished villages in China’s Guizhou province.
Institutionalizing Gender-responsive Research & Development in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management through Women's Networks October 2005 - August 2006
The project's objectives were to develop culturally appropriate approaches and tools for SA/GA (Social Analysis and Gender Analysis) in NRM (Natural Resource Management), document progress and practices, and build capacity within organizations to mainstream gender in project activities, using training processes and materials and research methodologies appropriate to the region, and establishing peer-support and networking mechanisms for researchers.
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