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Resource Pointer #77

April 24, 1996

For copies of the following resources, please contact 
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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*Please Note:* Due to a change in the way we distribute 
PANUPS, some readers have not received Resource Pointers 
for several months. Resource Pointer back issues are 
available for downloading via PANNA's gopher and web 
sites. To access PANNA's web page, go to 
<http://www.panna.org/panna/>. Choose "Resource Pointer 
Back Issues" from the web menu. To access PANNA's 
section of the EcoNet gopher, go to <gopher.igc.apc.org> 
and select "organizations" from the EcoNet menu; select 
"PANNA" from the organizations menu; select "PANUPS" 
>from  the PANNA menu; and select "Resource Pointers" from 
the PANUPS menu. Resource Pointers are listed in 
chronological order. 

*1995 PANUPS Readers Survey Results.* Thanks to everyone who 
responded to our 1995 Survey! More than 220 people from 25 
countries responded. Based on the survey, PANNA estimates 
that over 4000 people read PANUPS each week. Respondents 
included scientists, farmers, activists, agricultural 
extension agents, government regulators, people in academia 
and others (most people identified themselves with more than 
one occupation). Many readers redistribute PANUPS by 
including them in newsletters, passing them on to other email 
lists, or sharing them with colleagues and friends -- average 
subscriber shares PANUPS with 4.7 others. Approximately 30% 
of respondents were from outside the U.S., representing 
Africa, Asia, Europe, Canada and Mexico. Contact PANNA with 
questions or additional survey responses.

*AGROW Reports: Crop Protection in Latin America, 1996.* 
Dr. G. Goulston. Presents agrochemical industry 
perspective on agricultural production, agrochemical 
markets and overall economies of Mexico, Central America 
and South America. Discusses potential economic and 
agricultural trends in Latin America, and identifies 
crops and countries that may increase demand for 
agrochemicals in the near future. Provides brief 
descriptions of international trade agreements affecting 
Latin America and describes activities of major 
transnational agrochemical companies with significant 
sales in the region. 146 pp. US$620. PharmaBooks Ltd., 
1775 Broadway, Suite 511, New York, NY 10019; phone 
(212) 262-8230; fax (212) 262-8234. 

*Al Suave con los Plaguicidas, No. 1, December 1995.* 
(Spanish). Proyecto de Plaguicidas y Alternativas (PPA) 
de Centro America and PAN Nicaragua. New periodical 
focuses on Central American pesticide and sustainable 
agriculture news. December issue includes information 
about alternatives to methyl bromide, uses of neem tree 
oil and an agroecological study in Nicaragua, as well as 
updates regarding pesticide policy in Belize, Costa 
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. 
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Programa de 
Investigacion y Docencia en Medio Ambiente, PIMA-UNI, 
Managua, Nicaragua; phone 505-2-781462; fax 505-2-673709 
or 505-2-781463; email ingam@uni.rain.ni.

*Agricultura Organica, Vol. 1, No. 2, August 1995.* 
(Spanish). Asociacion Cubana de Agricultura Organica. 
Quarterly periodical provides general information about 
basic organic practices and organic agriculture news in 
Cuba. August issue focuses on the benefits of organic 
compared to conventional practices and includes articles 
about beneficial insects and biological control of 
pests. Oficina de Redaccion, Tulipan 1011 e/Loma y 47, 
Apdo. Postal 6236, Codigo Postal 10600, Nuevo Vedado, La 
Habana, Cuba; email ica@ceniai.cu.

*The World Bank: A Tale of Power, Plunder and 
Resistance, 1995.* Alec Dubro and Mike Konopacki. 
Presents brief history of World Bank and International 
Monetary Fund (IMF) in comic book format, focusing on 
their abuses and institutional flaws. States that World 
Bank and IMF create poverty and despoil developing 
countries, and calls for their dissolution. 32 pp. 
US$2.95. Public Services International, B.P. 9, F-01211 
Ferney-Voltaire Cedex, France; phone (33) 50406464; fax 
(33) 50407320; email psi@poptel.org.uk.

We encourage those interested in having resources listed 
in the Online Resource Pointer to send review copies of 
publications, videos or other sources to our office 
(address listed below) or to contact Information Program 
Associates Adam Kirshner or Gina Schilling for further 
information.  

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