How do we think? What ideas of self are embedded in this process? A review of classic theories of self is presented and synthesized in an article by Phin Upham Classic theories on cognition present a view of self (both explicit and implicit) and their consequences (and presuppositions) constituting 1) a demonstration that we avoid the […]
New Frontier Farmers and Processor Group: Reviving Farmland and Improving Livelihoods
<i>This is the seventh piece in an eight part series about the <a href="http://ecasard.org/index.php">Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development’s (ECASARD</a> work in Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s <a href="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/new-frontier-farmers-and-processor-group-reviving-farmland-and-improving-livelihoods/">Nourishing the Planet</a>.</i> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4445074567_f77a6f6887_m.jpg" height="240" width="180" align="left">In Anamaase, Ghana, the New Frontier Farmers and Processor group is led by the village’s chief. Osbararima […]
Messages From One Rice Farmer to Another
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. Some 80 percent of the world’s rice production is grown by smallholder farmers in developing countries, according to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). From Bangladesh to Benin, these farmers continue to develop different solutions to improve the process of rice production. These methods include using […]
Nourishing the Planet in USA Today: In a world of abundance, food waste is a crime
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Check out the op-ed on preventing food waste that Nourishing the Planet has in this mornings USA Today. We describe how both the United States and sub-Saharan Africa waste enormous amounts of food. In the U.S. we waste food often by simply buying too much and then […]
Making a Living Out of Conservation
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. The farmers of the Neleshi Grasscutter and Farmers Association (NAGRAFA) consider themselves not only farmers and businesswomen and men, but also conservationists. Grasscutters, or cane rats, are found throughout Western Africa and, as their name suggests, they live in grasslands. But many poor farmers in Ghana use […]
Traditional Food Crops Provide Community Resilience in Face of Climate Change
Thanks to Dr. Soul Shava, Training Manager at the Aurecon Training Academy, in Pretoria, South Africa for sharing a recent study, by researchers from Rhodes and Cornell Universities and the Sebakwe Black Rhino Conservation Trust, on indigenous crops with the Nourishing the Planet project. We encourage everyone to continue to send in suggestions for examples […]
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