ActionAid UK
ActionAid is a partnership of people who are fighting for a world without poverty. It works in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, listening to, learning from, and working in partnership with over nine million of the world's poorest people.
Primary web addresses
http://www.actionaid.org.uk
Email
mail@actionaid.org.uk
Main Address
Hamlyn House
Macdonald Road
London
N19 5PG
Macdonald Road
London
N19 5PG
Country
United Kingdom
Main Telephone
+44 (0)20 7561 7561
Joined OneWorld
28.09.2006
Features
09.07.2008
The G8 has been accused of using the food crisis to push failed policies down the throats of hungry people, more trade liberalisation through the Doha round, more food aid in ways that undermine local farmers and more structural adjustment through IMF lending to crisis-hit countries.
more...Related topics/regions: [Geopolitics] [Energy] [Aid] [Agriculture]
08.07.2008
Both first and second generation biofuels -even those made from non-food crops such as jatropha - are cause for concern, a development agency said as the Gallagher report was launched in Britain.
+ Caution on biofuels welcome but all targets should be dropped
+ 'Stop tinkering'
more...+ Caution on biofuels welcome but all targets should be dropped
+ 'Stop tinkering'
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Energy]
Image: Will biofuels do more harm than good? (Graphic: Science Museum)
07.07.2008
Smallholder farmers who provide the backbone of African food production may be ignored once again, a development group warned ahead of today's meeting between G8 leaders and African heads of state.
+ Rich countries' response to food crisis inadequate
+ No more empty words
more...+ Rich countries' response to food crisis inadequate
+ No more empty words
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Agriculture]
Image: Farmers
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