Grassroots International
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24.06.2008
From starting tree nurseries to properly disposing of solid waste, a new guide offers simple solutions to help communities around the planet improve their quality of life.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Development] [Capacity building] [Education] [Environment] [Conservation] [Health] [Indigenous rights] [Knowledge] [Civil society]
07.05.2008
Jesus León Santos, the leader of a democratic farmer-to-farmer network, recently received a prestigious environmental award for promoting sustainability through traditional agriculture in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Mexico]
05.05.2008
Peasants' and other grassroots organizations are promoting change in Haiti, write two agricultural activists who paid a visit to the Caribbean island, where they found food scarcity, environmental damage, and general insecurity are widespread.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Haiti]
23.04.2008
Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Germany] [Cameroon] [Argentina]
Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
03.04.2008
The 35th anniversary celebration of a Haiti's largest and oldest peasant movement demonstrates the organization's ability to empower rural people and the vitality of grassroots democracy in this Caribbean nation, writes Nikhil Aziz.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Haiti]
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