Doha-ha

Hola Gente,We have already seen the signs of protectionism around the world as the preferred response to the food crisis. Yet, these signs have been coming from governments responding to their concerned constituencies that see their daily life threatened and demand immediate actions.Now, the hope that a global platform, such as Doha, would counterweight all these nonsense policies has been

go ahead and eat those kiwis

From a interesting article in the NYT that list "10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List" here is number 3:3. Forbidden fruits from afar. Do you dare to eat a kiwi? Sure, because more “food miles” do not equal more greenhouse emissions. Food from other countries is often produced and shipped much more efficiently than domestic food, particularly if the local producers are hauling their wares

Harvest

Nothing like spending an afternoon picking tomatoes, corn, and beans, fruits of months of hardwork. Get a plot in you local community garden!More picture to come soon. Older pics here

Lessons from the food crisis: patchwork will not mend our vulnerable system

From the South Centre Bulletin, It concludes that:sustainable agriculture for domestic food security, meeting the needs of local markets and supporting local farmers must be prioritisedthe limits of the industry-led agri-food market must be recognised and more than short-term buffers for the poor must be put in placeseed aid and provision of fertiliser is rightly being advocated as an immediate

News and Links

International food aid locally purchased in the new Farm Bill. Pros and consMozambique, an example of how food aid should be doneIn Lesotho, a landlock country with very low food production, the food crisis is making things even worseFrom IFPRI Helping Women Respond to the Global Food Crisis and Physical and Virtual Global Food Reserves to Protect the Poor and Prevent Market FailureAn unpopular

the wrong response to the food crisis

Also, here is an paper from professor Sumit Roy Visiting Senior Research Fellow Jadavpur University on the food crisis a what countries are and should be doing.On the same subject here is another interesting perspective of the food crisis published by Oxfam "The Time is Now: how world leaders should respond to the food price crisis"Best,

New bloggers

Hi there,I've added two new links to the blogger side bar. The first one is Chris Blattman's Blog, an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale University, Chris blogs about international development and economic growth. Check out his post on the Kennedy School's MPA/ID, one of the programs listed under "Career Programs in Development". Since we're taking about the Kennedy