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IDB America
October 2001
Charo Quesada |
Chronicle of a drought foretold The social and economic costs of the drought that ravaged Central America could have been diminished with proper policies...   |
IDB America
May 2003
Roger Hamilton |
Want power? Plant trees! In the mountains of Honduras, environmental protection and energy generation go hand in hand. |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000
Roger Hamilton |
Fighter for land and rights It was something unheard of in the town of Dipilto, perhaps the entire department of Nueva Segovia, maybe even in all of Nicaragua. Filomena Gradys was demanding of her husband that they divide their land 50-50... |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Environmentally friendly cattle? A new system for raising cattle is now being introduced in Guatemala as a way for farmers to earn more from their land and at the same time protect the environment. |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
On the front lines of change Convincing Guatemalan farmers to adopt new methods can be a challenge even under normal circumstances. |
IDB America
April 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Winning Hearts and Minds Conservationists and small farmers in Brazil had to get to know each other before they could work together to help save the fate of a little indigenous monkey. |
IDB America
May 2003
Molina & Norheim |
Watershed lessons How experience gained from one program is helping to protect watersheds throughout Honduras |
Mother Jones
June 2000
Ted Williams |
False Forests What's green, full of trees, and worse than a clearcut? Vast pine farms, which are rapidly replacing the woods with a new kind of Southern plantation. |
IDB America
October 2006
Roger Hamilton |
Andean Arboretum In Peru, small farmers plant trees to protect their land and their livelihood. |
IDB America
June 2001
Carlos Gonzales |
Organic crops gain ground in El Salvador IDB program assists farming cooperatives that supply local restaurants and supermarkets... |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Cutting a forest to save it A pioneering experiment in community forestry management in Peten, Guatemala. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
A fresh look at rural development Years after it went out of vogue, the rural economy is again emerging as a priority for boosting national performance and reducing poverty, according to experts at a seminar held in New Orleans in March during the IDB's annual meeting.... |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Art with a machete Farmers, in the community of El Arbolito in Guatemala's northern department of Peten, sculpt ornamental plants to please the European market. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
TIME Asia
December 13, 2010
Alex Perry |
Land of Hope Can combatting climate change actually offer a new future for Africa? Niger is one of the world's foremost examples of a green economy. Fighting climate change in Niger is development. Trees, soil and water have been reinstated as capital. |
IDB America
January 2006
Roger Hamilton |
New Amazonians Latin America is attempting to create a relationship between man and nature that includes the history, heritage and views of local people. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 18, 2012
Maggie Starvish |
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water? As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global water crisis (and resulting food shortages and increasing prices) looming over the next 40 years. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Willy H. Verheye |
Food Production or Food Aid?: An African Challenge Food production is not keeping pace with Africa's rapidly growing needs. Aid programs in the 1970s and 1980s were considered a temporary solution to the most appalling famines, but Africa's food shortage appears to be worsening. This paper discusses the reasons for this situation and ways to address it. |
Wired
April 2003
Evan Ratliff |
The Green Wall Of China Desert storms from Central Asia are leaving a trail of global destruction. Now Beijing is drawing a line in the sand. |
Reason
January 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food... |
Reason
March 2006
Kerry Howley |
Absolution in Your Cup What is revolutionary about Fair Trade is not the brand's focus on poverty but the suggestion that consumption is a moral response to inequality. |
Reason
November 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers... |
| National Gardening |
Fruit Tree Site Selection Of primary importance when choosing a planting site for you fruit tree is that it receives as much sun as possible. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Seema Singh |
Pumping Punjab Dry Cheap energy endangers India's ability to feed itself |
Reason
March 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge. |
TIME Asia
May 23, 2011
Jyoti Thottam |
A New Crop Of Consumers If India can double growth in the farm sector to 4%, it could add as much as 2 percentage points to GDP growth and finally close the gap with China. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Fall Garden Cover Crops For healthier soil next spring, sow a cover crop this fall... |
Scientific American
August 2007
Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Making Development Less Risky (Extended Edition) Innovative forms of insurance could unshackle a green revolution in Africa and other poor nations. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Mr. Market Mistakes Good News for Bad What's going on with these fertilizer stocks? |
Smithsonian
November 2005
Gary Paul Nabhan |
35 Who Made a Difference: Jane Mt. Pleasant Over a three-decade career as an agricultural scientist, Mt. Pleasant has revitalized interest in the ancient Iroquois tradition of growing food through polyculture, a system that allows interdependent plants to flourish. |
National Gardening
Lance Walheim |
How to Buy and Plant Trees Improve the health and longevity of your trees... |
Delicious Living
September 2005
Melody Warnick |
Wanted>> Organic Farm Volunteers If the closest you've ever gotten to your food source is the supermarket produce aisle, it may be time for a trip back to the land. Volunteer through the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF). You'll get home-cooked meals and free lodging. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010
Glen Fest |
Planting Diversity With a push from agricultural lenders, farmers are adding new crops and modernizing their financial statements. |
Fast Company
November 2004
Lucas Conley |
Trade Secrets Equal Exchange's innovative and collaborative ways of dealing with coffee growers gets it better beans -- and "caffeinated" growth. Do companies that thrive by twisting their suppliers' arms have something to learn from this strategy? |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Leonardo Cardemil, Juan Carlos Di Tata, & Florencia Frantischek |
Central America: Adjustment and Reforms in the 1990s Following a weak performance in the 1980s, the Central American economies experienced a turnaround in the 1990s as they adopted improved policies within a more stable political environment. Now, how can they best maintain macroeconomic stability, continue structural reforms, and strengthen social policies to maximize rates of economic growth and reduce the incidence of poverty? |
