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Agricultural research must change radically to realise people's right to food
16 February 2007Farmers and other citizens involved in a major effort to radically change the way the world thinks about food and agriculture will gather this month at an international conference in Mali.
Report maps obstacles on the road to sustainable biofuels sector
26 January 2007A promising form of renewable energy could create major opportunities for developing nations to alleviate poverty and help to mitigate climate change, but could equally cause more problems than it solves.
African-style ecotourism boost for Cambodia
4 January 2006The new project in the dry forests of Northeast Cambodia will conserve species through the involvement of poor rural communities - which know the area best - in all aspects of tourism development a
New Potato Deal in Peru Signposts Global Drive to Open Up Food Genebanks to Indigenous Peoples
18 January 2005London, January 18, 2005 - The Peruvian potato is helping to drive forward global policy thinking about how to return control over homegrown agricultural resources to indigenous populations.