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Making Agriculture Sustainable (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) From: , The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/30651 Published February 5, 2008 10:08 AM Agriculture is possibly the most important sector of global activity. It is a source of foods, fibers and, increasingly, fuel ... Other labels: blog, sustainable, food, security, development

Beijing Olympic water scheme drains parched farmers (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) From: ReutersENN News Published January 23, 2008 08:21 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/29488 By Chris Buckley BAODING, China (Reuters) Dusty villages far from China's capital are paying their own price for the government's plan ... Other labels: blog, water, china, scarcity

Sierra Leone Farmers Return to Dig Fields, Not Gems (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) REUTERS Published: January 24, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/internationalleonediamonds.html KOIDU, Sierra Leone (Reuters) The battle for Sierra Leone's eastern diamond fields fuelled its 11year civil war, but now the muddy pits are being returned ... Other labels: blog, resources, conflict, africa, diamonds, food

Biofuel impact on farm prices overplayed (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) Source: Reuters By Sybille de La Hamaide January 14, 2008 PARIS (Reuters) The recent price rally in farm commodities such as grains, oilseeds and sugar beet can be attributed partly to higher biofuel demand but their share of the blame has been ... Other labels: biofuels, blog

Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) CELIA W. DUGGER Published: December 2, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/world/africa/02malawi.html?hp LILONGWE, Malawi — Malawi hovered for years at the brink of famine. After a disastrous corn harvest in 2005, almost five million of its 13 million ... Other labels: food, aid, international, africa, malawi

Africa - Farmers Could Earn 'Green' Money (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) UN Integrated Regional Information Networks 16 November 2007 Posted to the web 16 November 2007 http://allafrica.com/stories/200711160876.html   Johannesburg Lack of information is the main obstacle to paying African farmers as an incentive to protect the environment, according ... Other labels: climate, change, incentives, africa

Struggling with soaring cereal prices (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74758 Record high wheat prices globally are forcing consumers in Southern Africa to dig deeper into their pockets: the price of bread has almost doubled since the beginning of the year, and according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation ... Other labels: biofuels, foodsupply

Illegal land use poses major threat (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative ) September 18, 2007 China Daily By Li Fangchao Summary: Illegal land acquisition is posing a grave threat to the country's diminishing arable land, a senior land official warned Monday. Improper land use also hurts farmers' interests ... Other labels: land, security