19.10.2010 First virtual conference on family farming in Latin America

"The role of family agriculture in development and food security"

From September 15 to October 15, 2010

30.06.2010 Do you know what is the mega open-pit mining?

In Argentina, thanks to lax laws created during the nineties and today's existing, large multinationals are looking for gold, silver, copper and uranium.

This industry uses nine tons of explosives a day to extraction, to separate the gold from the rock are used daily 10 tons of cyanide, in this same process, called leaching by cyanide 300.000 cubic meters of water per day are used.Just so you know, a single gold ring is equivalent to 18 tons of toxic waste.

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25.05.2010 Training on GMOs

8 to 20 November 2010 in Cotonou (Benin)

06.05.2010 Les rendez-vous de Terre Citoyenne

Colloque international "Pour un tourism agricole et accueil des paysans durable". 10-12 Juillet 2012. Bac kan (Vietnam). (FPH/CASRAD/3PAD)

Table ronde du 15 de mayo 2012 à la Chaire Terre Citoyenne de l'UPV de Valencia (Espagne). Le changement climatique dans la méditerranée: un projet de crise alimentaire? Consulter.

3a mesa redonda del ciclo Formar al Ingeniero Ciudadano de la cátedra Tierra Ciudadana de la Universitat Politècnica de València. Ver En relación con la visita ...

10.05.2010 Conference by Marc Dufumier about peasants agricultures

At Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain). 22/04/2010.

22.03.2010 “cheap calories”

David Wallinga, M.D of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, wrote an article showing the role of U.S. agriculture policy in promoting the overproduction of certain farm commodities like corn and soybeans. These cheap commodities have been converted into calorie-rich but nutrient-poor snacks, sweets and sweetened beverages that have led to an excess of daily calories for all Americans, children and adults alike. For that reason, Dr. Wallinga calls U.S. farm policy a “cheap...

15.03.2010 BIO CHEZ TOI

25 de marzo al 16 de abril de 2010

23.03.2010 When a system is incapable...

When a system is incapable of solving its vital problems, is degraded, it disintegrates, unless it is able to generate a meta-system that can handle its problems, and then it is transformed ... (Edgar Morin) ... read more

09.02.2010 Workshop on training of officials in public affairs

july 2010 at Canton

09.02.2010 International conference about governance and public health policies

March 2010 at the University of Virginie (Charlotteville)