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Richard Jones (United Kingdom) |
Recent publication |
21 November 2005 |
BUZZ Extra quarterly
The International Bee Research Association is funded from the generosity of our members and supporters. If you would like to help then you can become a Friend of IBRA through a regular annual donation. Donate more than £5 per year and you will receive Buzz Extra quarterly as our way of saying thank you. (Due to overseas mailing costs there is a minimum charge of US$10 or C=10.). All you need to do to be part of this great organisation is to send your remittance along with your name and address to 18 North Road, Cardiff CF10 3DT, UK or visit our web site: http://www.ibra.org - we look forward to hearing from you.
Email: mail@ibra.org.uk....Click here to view Issue 4 November 2005.
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Sarah Godfrey (South Africa) |
Forthcoming publication |
5 September 2005 |
Land Reform - Policy and Research 1: Key Experiences of Land Reform in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa by Alastair Bradstock
FARM-Africa has launched the first publication in its newest series, Policy and Research 1: Key Experiences of Land Reform in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, written by FARM-Africa's Director of Research and Policy, Dr Alastair Bradstock. This publication encapsulates the project experiences and research findings from the Northern Cape Land Reform and Advocacy Programme, which aimed to improve the natural resource management and livelihoods of communities benefiting from South Africa's land reform programme.
This informative document presents key problems affecting land reform beneficiaries, provides practical examples of how policy change can improve their lives and identifies a number of conditions, drawn from our work, which are central to the successful establishment of an emerging class of black farmers.
Aimed at national and international policy makers, national government staff, research institutions, NGOs and the international donor community this publication is a must read for all those interested in enhancing the productivity of the smallholder agricultural sector and will make a significant contribution to the current debate on land reform in Africa.
ISBN: 1 904029 02 7
For further information on FARM-Africa publications please contact Lynne Slowey or Laura Greenwood on info@farmafrica.org.uk or telephone on 020 7430 0440.
All publications are available to download on our website at: http://www.farmafrica.org.uk/resources.cfm
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KYEEMA Foundation (Australia) |
Recent publication |
4 July 2005 |
The KYEEMA Foundation was formed in late 2003 as a not-for profit organisation registered in Australia to promote and sponsor sustainable livelihoods development. The International Rural Poultry Centre (IRPC) is a subsidiary entity within the KYEEMAyeema Foundation. It groups the specialists involved in village poultry production and the control of Newcastle disease (ND) under village conditions, who offer their services for rural poultry development activities internationally. The IRPC aims to improve the livelihood and standards of living of rural families by:- Promoting cost-efficient, sustainable improvements to village poultry production by working with government staff, community livestock workers and farmers and their families.
- Providing training and monitoring in effective control of Newcastle disease, a major constraint to village chicken production in most developing countries.
- Providing appropriate training for all groups involved with village poultry production from farmers to researchers, both internationally and in Australia.
Rural poultry production is recognised as an important activity in all developing countries and poultry are frequently the only livestock owned by very poor households. Chickens in traditional village poultry systems provide scarce animal protein in the form of meat and eggs, and are available for sale or barter in societies where cash is not abundant. They are generally owned and managed by women and children. Village chickens also fullfil a range of other functions for which it is difficult to assign a monetary value, e.g. active in pest control, provision of manure, use in special festivals and traditional ceremonies and meeting social obligations. Although the output of traditional village chickens in terms of weight gain and number of eggs per hen per year is low, it is obtained with minimum minimal input in terms of housing, disease control, management and supplementary feeding. Any cost-effective strategy that increases the productivity of these birds will assist in poverty alleviation and the improvement of food security. Village chickens are often essential elements of female-headed, poor and HIV/AIDS-affected households because of their low labour and investment requirements. This is a particularly important contribution in areas where child malnutrition is common.
In Zimbabwe, the IRPC advisers are involved with the AusAID Southern Africa Newcastle Disease Control Project (SANDCP) that is being implemented in Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania. he IRPC has assisted ICRISAT and partners (FAO, Catholic Relief Services and Bethany) to develop and test curriculum and training modules on extensive and semi-intensive poultry production, for use in both Farmer Field Schools and Junior Farmer Field Schools (the latter targeting youth involved in HIV/AIDS mitigation and prevention programs). In South Africa, IRPC has worked with a JICA-funded livestock development project in Limpopo Province to conduct a village poultry production workshop and to assist with a study tour for four government livestock officers to visit village poultry production sites in the Gaza Province of Mozambique. In Mozambique, IRPC is working with FAO, two local NGOs (Kubatsirana and ASVIMO) and provincial livestock and extension services on a HIV/AIDS mitigation program for child-headed families and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Manica and Sofala Provinces. In Gaza Province of Mozambique, IRPC is working in collaboration with the CSL Ltd mining company (a subsidiary of the Western Mining Company) and provincial livestock and extension services to improve food security, income generation and HIV/AIDS mitigation through improved village poultry production in communities affected by the mining activities. In Tanzania, KYEEMA/IRPC works with the Mama Mkubwa program of the St. Alban’s Children’s Society with financial support from GRM International. Under the Mama Mkubwa program, orphans and street children are cared for within families by volunteer women. The KYEEMA Foundation is assisting these women to set up chicken raising enterprises in their backyards to provide an income and food for the children they are caring for. The projects in both Mozambique and Tanzania use improved poultry production as a vehicle for improving farming families’ knowledge of human nutrition and business skills.
The KYEEMA Foundation publishes a free six monthly Rural Poultry e-Newsletter that promotes the sharing of information on improved village poultry production and the benefits that accrue from such improvements. The e-Newsletter is posted on the KYEEMA Foundation website and internet subscribers can receive it as a colour PDF file with photos or as a ‘No frills’ black and white version without pictures. The e-Newsletter is circulated internationally via the internet with hard copies being sent to subscribers without internet access. The http://www.kyeemafoundation.org/ website also hosts extension materials that are available for download free of charge.
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Richard Jones (United Kingdom) |
Recent publication |
6 June 2005 |
Become a friends of IBRA and receive BUZZ Extra quarterly.
The International Bee Research Association is funded from the generosity of our members and supporters. If you would like to help then you can become a Friend of IBRA through a regular annual donation. Donate more than £5 per year and you will receive Buzz Extra quarterly as our way of saying thank you. (Due to overseas mailing costs there is a minimum charge of US$10 or C=10.). All you need to do to be part of this great organisation is to send your remittance along with your name and address to 18 North Road, Cardiff CF10 3DT, UK
or visit our web site: http://www.ibra.org - we look forward to hearing from you.
Email: mail@ibra.org.uk....Click here to view Issue 2 May 2005.
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Panos (United Kingdom) |
News item |
6 June 2005 |
PANOS LONDON | WEB UPDATE MAY 2005
Panos London is changing the way it communicates… We’re launching a new service: a monthly email update that provides you with an at-a-glance digest of new resources available from our website http://www.panos.org.uk.
Environment/RELAY | GM crops online
This month sees the launch of a major new Panos report on GM crops. The GM Debate – Who Decides? draws on case studies in Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia, and explores how decisions are made about GM crops in developing countries. You can find out about the case studies, access radio and print features on GM and, of course, download the report – and a related media brief for journalists – from our new online GM crops section.
http://www.panos.org.uk/gmdebate
[Tell us what you think about this report by filling in our online survey http://www.panos.org.uk/surveys/gmreport.]
Communication for Development | ICT media toolkit
The second in our series of briefings about Information Communication Technologies – which are designed to cut through the jargon surrounding information society issues – focuses on a new satellite technology that could revolutionise communication in remote areas of Africa. Find out why calls in Africa cost more…
http://www.panos.org.uk/global/infosoc_toolkit2.asp
[For more on our activities around the World Summit on the Information Society, visit http://www.panos.org.uk/wsis.]
InterWorld Radio | Award winner
Malawian journalist Hilary Mbobe has been awarded the John Manyarara Investigative Journalism Award for his IWR feature 'Debts and Daughters'. The judges said Mbobe's piece showed that investigative journalism is not limited to exposing corruption and mismanagement alone. http://www.interworldradio.net/audio/audio_programme_details.asp?id=1170
InterWorld Radio | New programmes
Panos London | Vacancies
PANOS LONDON – MAKING SENSE OF GLOBAL CHANGE
Panos works to provide the world’s poorest people with access to information on issues that affect them, and to make their voices heard on decisions that relate to their lives. Please help us to do this by making a donation online now – visit http://www.panos.org.uk/give.
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