EVENT. AIDS & Food Security:New Directions, New Questions

Hello,IFPRI as always organizing relevant and exellent seminars. I'll be there.****Policy Seminar****AIDS & Food Security:New Directions, New QuestionsStuart Gillespie, IFPRI Bruce Frayne, IFPRIFriday, 8 December 20062:00 p.m. -- 4:00 p.m.Abstract: The seminar will explore the latest findings emerging from a series ofaction research studies in eastern and southern Africa undertaken by theRegional

School Gardens in Nicaragua

Hello,The picture was taken in a school at San Jose de Cusmapa, Madriz. This state one of has the worst food insecurity indicators in Nicaragua.Bellow is a summary of the School Garden project we're conducting. The report is not ready yet so this is rather a draft, yet it has some info you may find useful.Project Rationale and PrioritiesThe main objective of PESA Nicaragua is to contribute to the

Papers on Agricultural Economy

Hello,Every week I'll be posting the latest papers on Agricultural Economy published by universities, journals, and Ag Econ meetings. These are extremely technical, with lots of econometrics that may seem too abstract to non-economist. Yet they can be useful to some of the readers out there with a trained eye on these subjects.There are about 25 papers; read over the titles and click the ones

Is Raining Coffee in Nicaragua

As Juan Luis Guerra once hoped "I wish it rains coffee in the field" in Nicaragua it is coffee time and you can feel it in the atmosphere. Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to Jinotega, the department north of Matagalpa in the Honduran border, famous for its shade-grown Arabica coffee. The purpose of the visit was to check on the progress of a School Garden we had helped implement a couple

Why Daniel Ortega is back in power and why to Remain Suspicious

Ok, so the news that Daniel Ortega, the former Sandinista guerrilla combatant, won last Sunday presidential bid were digested easily as a learn that the democrats got back control of both houses of congress. That said, we need to explore why that Danielistas won and what are the prospects of his presidency.There are several factors that influenced last Sunday election outcome. First and most

School Garden Group

Hola Gente,You are missing something big if you haven't open an account on FLICKR, the best photo sharing website out there.Taking advantage of such technology, I've created a group of School Gardens around the world. Ideally, people will post picture of school gardens and share their experiences with them. But hey, just pics are fine. We already have 6 member (not bad...the group was created

VIEWS: Targeting Nicaraguans’ Stomachs

Hello,Trying to remain partial in the discussion of politics in Nicaragua is a difficult task, specially now that we are four day away from the elections. So here is an article by Ben Beachy of Witness for Peace who talks about U.S interventionism in Nicaraguan elections, a subject I have to some extend ignore. As mentioned before, this blog is about Agriculture and Rural Development and the