Offers practical and up to date information on ICT in Agriculture focusing on rural development BACKGROUND Realizing the profound potential of information and communication technologies in developing country agriculture, the Agriculture and Rural Development Department (ARD) of the World Bank in collaboration with infoDev (part of the World Bank Group) embarked in an effort to explore [...]

We are hearing Manmohan Singh and his gang, Saharad Pawar, Jaiprakash Narayan and others batting for FDIs in Retail oector and saying that FDIs in retail sector will increase employment opportunities and provide better prices to farmers.  In US the organised retail sector led by Walmart has successfully pushed down the prices for the farmers [...]

Submitted by Mike on Tue, 22/11/2011 – 00:01 A book published today by IIED paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of local communities. The book show how the linear systems that shape our world are flawed as they assume a [...]

Since the 1996 introduction of genetically engineered crops — crops that are altered with inserted genetic material to exhibit a desired trait — U.S. agribusiness and policymakers have embraced biotechnology as a silver bullet for the food system. The industry promotes biotechnology as an environmentally responsible, profitable way for farmers to feed a growing global [...]

The ecologist has published a special issue on Monsanto exposing its deeds in 1998 after the major controversy broke about Terminator Seeds.  The company is believed to have purchased all the copies of the issue from the printer and destroyed. The soft of the issue is worth reading and a collectors edition. you can read [...]

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