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ICIMOD sees Rio+20 as an important chance to redefine the mountain agenda considering new challenges that have evolved over the last two decades. ICIMOD is working with key institutions worldwide to make sure that the issues of mountainous countries and regions are clear and are...
The special position of the cow in Hindu religion and society is well known. The symbolic connotations of the cow are varied and complicated. Even so, whatever specific meanings and values pertain within the religious traditions themselves, it is a more general sense of the sacred and inviolable nature of the cow which functions in everyday life. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the...
Cultural symbols that derive from food and eating pervade high caste Hindu society in Nepal. A very similar preoccupation with food has been noted for other Hindu areas as well. In accent, it have been noted that there is psychologically and linguistically, considerable accent on 'the eating'. Food can be seen to be related to purity, pollution and caste ranking. There is seen to be an...
This study was conducted in collaboration with HarvestChoice (IFPRI) and evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and west Africa, describing cumulative economic and poverty-reduction benefits to farmers and consumers in those...
Plants have always been an inevitable part of the life and culture of the Nepalese people. Like many other uses of plants, the preservation of plant foods is an age-old tradition in Nepalese society. A study on the ceremonial plant foods of central Nepal is already on record. The present paper is an attempt to document the various plant-food preservation techniques currently practised in...
Central Nepal has been a region influenced by the mobility of its inhabitants for the past 200 years. This has become crucial in the recent years, mainly because of limited resources and lack of economic opportunities in the hill villages. Mobility has occurred for many reasons: bringing salt from the Tibetan border, bringing goods from the Indian border, working in the armies of Prithvi...
The Living Land sets out a new 'stakeholder' vision for rural regeneration in Europe. It integrates three themes: sustainable agriculture, localised food systems and rural community development. All three offer ways of rebuilding natural and social capital, and a large 'sustainability dividend' is waiting to be released from current practices - creating more jobs, more wealth and better lives...
While there have been improvements in humanitarian access and food distribution in many areas, security is deteriorating insome places key to the relief effort. Donors, the United Nations, and the new Afghan interim government all need to focus on security, protection, financing and coordination.
Oxfam hace un llamamiento para exigir una respuesta más apropiada a las crisisalimentarias. La respuesta humanitaria predominante es la ayuda alimentaria en especie.Sin lugar a dudas, esta modalidad de ayuda salva vidas en muchas ocasiones, pero serecurre a ella en exceso, a menudo cuando otros modos de ayuda podrían adecuarse mejora las necesidades humanas. Este exceso de...
These Humanitarian Policy Notes describe Oxfam International's experience and position on the key issues facing humanitarian action in the twenty-first century.
Oxfam calls for more appropriate responses to food crises. In-kind food aid is the dominant humanitarian response. It indisputably saves lives in many cases, but it is highly over-used - and is often used when other forms...
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