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August 28th, 2008

Venezuela: Yukpa Indians, Chávez and land disputes

Juliana Rincón Parra · 05:53

Citizen media videos have been uploaded informing of the situation arising in Venezuela between the Yukpa Indians of the Perijá Mountains, landowners and President Chávez. This dispute over land limits is 30 years in the making, when military forces displaced the Indigenous communities of the Yukpa by force and established landowners who have cattle ranches and have been working the lands ever since. 0 comments · »»

August 12th, 2008

Malawi: Discussing development and the Olympics

Steve Sharra · 12:46

"Development" has been exercising the minds of Malawian bloggers lately. The approach has taken the form of highlighting efforts of Malawians abroad, Malawi's much touted fertilizer subsidy program, Malawi's presence at the Olympics and Chinese presence in Malawi, and a philosophical discourse on the problems that accompany the adoption of westernization as a development paradigm at the expense of tested and effective African ways. 1 comment · »»

August 11th, 2008

Will Bangladesh drown?

Rezwan · 16:12

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Bangladesh is a nation which is on the front line of the consequence of the climate changes. Being a populous river delta nation it faces the threat of sea level rise due to global warming. This threat is not new as often floods make hundreds of thousands of people homeless, ... 10 comments · »»

Bloggers react strongly to ‘Building a Better Fiji'

John Liebhardt · 04:18

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A government-appointed committee in Fiji introduced an 11-point framework to augment the Pacific island nation’s constitution and “rebuild Fiji into a nonracial, culturally vibrant and united, well-governed, truly democratic nation.” 1 comment · »»

August 9th, 2008

Brazil: On the verge of a civil war over indigenous land

Paula Góes · 18:16

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While the world celebrates the rights of indigenous people this Indigenous Peoples Day, dispute over land in Brazil is bringing the country to the verge of a civil war. 0 comments · »»

August 7th, 2008

Lebanon: Fires and Global Warming

Moussa Bashir · 23:17

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Summer forest fires have been erupting in what is left of the Lebanese wilderness for years now. And every year, the blame game is played; starting with parties and politicians blaming each other for not being prepared, to blaming each other for intentionally starting the flames. So, what do the bloggers have to say about this? 3 comments · »»

August 2nd, 2008

Mozambique: 2038?

Paula Góes · 10:21

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What will Mozambique be like in 30 years? Sociologist Carlos Serra provides nine "Byzantine" scenarios and invites his readers to amend them as they see fit 0 comments · »»

July 18th, 2008

Argentina: Senate Rejects Tax Hike on Agricultural Exports

Jorge Gobbi · 19:23

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The Argentinean Senate recently rejected the proposal to increase taxes on agricultural exports. The poll ended with a tie of 36 votes, and the country's Vicepresident broke the tie with his vote against the retentions. Such decision is a victory for the sectors linked to the so-called “countryside." This continues the internal political crisis of unpredictable consequences for the Kirchner's Government, which still has three more years to govern. 1 comment · »»

Links about Agriculture

August 28th, 2008

Saudi Jeans tells us about date-growing in Saudi Arabia: “Growing dates has become a dying profession.”

“I strongly believe that if Dominica gets busy developing its agricultural product this could well have other spin-off positive effects”: Chris at Dominica Weekly thinks that going back to the land may well be the way out of the island's economic crisis.

August 27th, 2008

Mong compared ordinary chicken farm with special chicken farm with a humane environment. The blogger urged consumers to buy eggs with humane label.

August 26th, 2008

Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about the changing attitude towards food in Japan.

ESWN translated an article by Li Punman at my1510 about an older generation peasant's view on the Beijing Olympics. Nationalism is still a pervasive frame.

August 22nd, 2008

Près du puits, in a post entitled “Two Kids, Twelve Cows, and a Swing,” shares the trials, tribulations - and entertainment - of Morocco's rural poor.

August 20th, 2008

Although the recent Crop Over celebrations were well attended, Barbados Underground thinks that should not be the only criterion for measuring success: “Cultural development and expression are important to the well being of any nation. While the fete element in Crop Over seems to be flourishing, we are concerned that the Bajan identity which originally branded the festival has receded in recent years.”

August 19th, 2008

While the political situation in Lebanon is undeniably taking over the media’s focus, blogger Rami at Land and People turns his attention to a critical and rarely addressed issue: Waste water treatment.