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Issue No. 230 (Oct 2009)
COVER:
Why Organic? The future of agriculture in the developing world
Organic
practitioners celebrate outstanding agriculture techniques
Organic farming was
lauded as a viable alternative to destructive Green Revolution techniques
at a recent conference in Bangalore, India.
BY SHEFALI SHARMA
Organic
farmers can feed the world!
Amazing discoveries and innovations have been made by organic farmers
in India.
BY CLAUDE ALVARES
The
economics of agriculture under natural farming
Farmer Subhash Sharma recounts how his bitter experience with the
Green Revolution led him to choose organic farming instead.
BY SUBHASH SHARMA
Farmers
as seed breeders and custodians
To restore and preserve the integrity of farming, farmers must resist
the corporate grip over seeds and retain self-reliance.
BY DEEPIKA KUNDAJI
The
problem of degraded soils, insects and weeds
Organic techniques can be employed to restore degraded soils, a
major problem in many developing countries.
BY CALUDE ALVARES
Climate-friendly
organic agriculture
The answer to the challenge facing agriculture today of adapting
and responding to climate change lies in organic farming.
BY LIM LI CHING
Biodiverse
agriculture for a changing climate
Farmers and researchers worldwide are demonstrating the ability
of biodiverse production systems to mitigate climate change.
BY PRACTICAL ACTION
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HUMAN
RIGHTS
The missing element-the
right to food
To help realize the right to food, major fisheries issues require
concrete actions under a human-rights framework.
BY BARBARA EKWALL AND LUISA CRUZ
WOMEN
Women take lead
in biodiversity conservation
In many African countries, it is women who are the custodians of
biodiversity conservation.
BY DINGAAN MITHI
SPECIAL FEATURE:
DEADLOCK IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS
Climate talks
in peril after Bangkok failure
Developing nations cried foul during the Bangkok climate talks after
rich countries abandoned the Kyoto Protocol.
BY MARTIN KHOR
Hot
debate over technology issues
Will wealthy nations relax their patent rights to climate-friendly
technologies?
BY MARTIN KHOR
Divide
and rule: the politics of climate change negotiations
Rich countries employ various strategies to divide the developing
countries in climate change talks.
BY OILWATCH
WORLD AFFAIRS
War and peace
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama has created
a huge controversy.
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN
US
diplomatic adviser’s troubling role in oil politics
The revelation of Peter Galbraith’s undisclosed financial interest
in Iraq’s break-up may weaken future influence of the Democratic Party’s
liberal hawks.
BY HELENA COBBAN
Veteran
Army officer urges Afghan troop drawdown
Lt. Col. Daniel L Davis argues that it is already too late for U.S.
forces to defeat the insurgency.
BY GARETH PORTER
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