September, 2006   Volume 1, Number 1     


Book of the Month


community development
 • SAP's deep dive into search
 • Leaders see need for skilled workers
 • SAML remains open, securing XML security
 • Lee County courts skilled workers.
 • New VoIP Wares Targeted At Channel

sustainability
 • Cummins Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index For Second
 • Negros Oriental leaders off to Sweden, Thailand
 • Swan around at 'green' fair
 • Live/Work: Designing Services for Sustainability (Or Why You

water management
 • Firms, institutions urged to plan for water conservation
 • Water conservation order still in effect
 • Call for radical re-think on global water management
 • The Consequences of a Blistering Summer
 • Radical Changes in Water Management Needed

gardening
 • Terp Volleyball Hosts Hilton Garden Inn Greenbelt Invitational
 • Victory Gardens cleared for recall
 • Soule Garden: Learn to grow indoor herbs
 • Gardener profile: Steve and Leigh Barfield
 • Into each life

agricultural technology
 • TekVet Wireless and IBM to Tag Livestock
 • Government to launch language promotion programme
 • The Snap, Crackle and Pop of Doom?
 • Returned ambassador says no bidding war over Chad



AGRIWORLD LIBYA
Libya Agricultural Exhibition: Tripoli
BIO EXPO
Exhibition of Vicenza & Veneto Organic Products: Vicenza
IBERFLORA
International Fair of Horticulture, Forestry & Florist: Valencia
INTERFOODTECH GEORGIA
Georgian International Exhibition Food, Drinks, Packaging & Food Technology: Tbilisi
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OPEC fund allots $ 1.4 million in Grants [ Alarab online ] Tue, 05 Sep 2006 One 250,000 dollar grant will co-finance the Austrian Relief Organization project: Securing Land Tenure and Sustainable Development in the Sofala Province Read More ...

Bounty is best shared [ Toronto Star ] Sat, 26 Aug 2006 communities. 'It.s simple and basic,' says Rhonda Teitel-Payne, urban agriculture co-ordinator for The Stop community food centre. Read More ...


Walking tour takes bite out of city gardens
[ BurlingtonFreePress.com ] Sat, 26 Aug 2006 By Eve Thorsen. To some, the Queen City seems like an urban jungle with its densely packed houses and network of busy roads. On Sunday Read More ...

Gaborone to expand into Kweneng
[ Republic of Botswana ] Tue, 15 Aug 2006 He said after acquiring land, government would start bringing developments. Urban agriculture will be undertaken in the expanded Gaborone. Read More ...

The Beja: the plight of a people dispossessed
[ Sudan Tribune ] Fri, 01 Sep 2006 any future solution for the question of Eastern Sudan must include the following matrices: the welfare of the Beja people, land tenure, the enshrinement of Read More ...

Zimbabwe: Land Reform Revisited
[ AllAfrica.com ] Thu, 07 Sep 2006 FAO, Multilingual Thesaurus of Land Tenure (2003) defines agrarian reform as 'a collection of activities and changes designed to alter the agrarian structure Read More ...

.Sustainable use of resources no longer an option.
[ Daily Express ] Wed, 06 Sep 2006 often closely related to socio-economic factors affecting particularly the local communities, which include factors such as poverty, land-tenure and benefit Read More ...

BNF speaks on CKGR
[ Mmegi ] Wed, 23 Aug 2006 to recognise in law the rights of these communities to own, develop, control and use their homelands and resources including their land tenure systems and the Read More ...

Analysis : Magsaysay -- the giant shadow of the outsider / Amando
[ Global Nation ] Wed, 30 Aug 2006 integrity, for breaking the Huk rebellion in the 1950s, for opening the way for agrarian reform with legislation that improved the land tenure system, for his Read More ...

Farm activist wants people to discuss how their food is made
[ BurlingtonFreePress.com ] Tue, 15 Aug 2006 He now farms in british Columbia, but remains involved with the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, a 25-year-old organic farm and groundbreaking Read More ...

Advisor Land-tenure and Natural Resource Management
[ Oneworld ] Fri, 01 Sep 2006 In addition, the SNV Niamey team also works with organisations at national level. SNV Niger started to support the local land-tenure committees. Read More ...

Farmers will get compensation
[ iAfrica.com ] Sat, 09 Sep 2006 'The South African government is also committed to security of land tenure for all its citizens, black and white ,' she said. Read More ...

Government ministers predict more food shortages next year
[ The Zimbabwean ] Wed, 30 Aug 2006 food during the 2006/07 season unless adequate measures are put in place to address projected input shortages and clear the air over land tenure of newly Read More ...

Rate of deforestation slows down in the Amazon
[ Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription) ] Fri, 08 Sep 2006 'Improved land tenure in the agricultural sector has been a key element in the reduction of deforestation rates,' said Cláudio Maretti, head of WWF-brazils Read More ...

College to offer new degree
[ Billings Gazette ] Tue, 29 Aug 2006 The college also will have a two-credit seminar on Native-land tenure. The course will cover historical origins of land tenure and Read More ...


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What.s going on
[ Detroit Free Press ] Mon, 11 Sep 2006 The event draws people interested in finding local solutions for issues including water quality, mass transit and urban agriculture. Read More ...

Revamping Rural Sri Lanka
[ TamilWeek ] Fri, 01 Sep 2006 Absence of land tenure for those who till the land thus causing deprivation, exploitation by middle men, lack of access to markets and other social exclusions Read More ...

Garden glut
[ Baltimore Sun ] Wed, 23 Aug 2006 Recreation and Parks. Contestants fixed dishes that contained at least one vegetable grown in their city gardens. The results were Read More ...

Claps for new health centre
[ Border Mail ] Mon, 28 Aug 2006 professionals. The clinic will adjoin City Gardens on the old Albury Base Hospital site. A day surgery will be placed on the third floor. Read More ...

State Finalises Lease Amendments
[ AllAfrica.com ] Fri, 18 Aug 2006 Finance Minister Dr Herbert Murerwa recently told Parliament that there was need to address issues of land tenure and security on farms if the banks were to Read More ...


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