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PANUPS: Resource Pointer #100
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Resource Pointer #100
October 9, 1996
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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*Focus on Food: A Review of Food Security for the World
Food Summit, 1996.* The Pesticides Trust. Supplement to
Pesticides News No. 33, September 1996, a quarterly
periodical of pesticide news worldwide. Presents
articles on food security and pest management
strategies, emphasizing that high pesticide input
practices hurt human health and the environment,
especially in developing countries. Articles focus on
range of topics related to food security, including
pesticides and alternatives in Asian rice production;
pesticide problems in Ethiopia; potential of integrated
pest management (IPM) to reduce pesticide reliance; and
women's role in food security. Stresses importance of
locally based food security and argues that global food
security can be achieved without agrochemical inputs. 15
pp. The Pesticides Trust, Eurolink Centre, 49 Effra
Road, London SW2 1BZ, England; phone (44 171) 274-8895;
fax (44 171) 274-9084; email pesttrust@gn.apc.org.
*Hungry for What is Right, September 1996.*
(Periodical). FoodFirst Information and Action Network
(FIAN). Provides updates of food security and human
rights developments worldwide, including action alerts
and news about successful human rights movements. Alerts
include sample letters, contact information and
recommended actions. September issue focuses on FIAN's
tenth anniversary, and includes articles about FIAN's
role in human rights and food security activism over the
past ten years. Action alerts in this issue describe
peasants expelled from land in Honduras and indigenous
Chilean farmers threatened by a hydroelectric project.
Developing countries -- US$8; all other countries --
US$18. FIAN International Secretariat, P.O. Box 102243,
D-69012 Heidelberg, Germany; phone (49 6221) 830620; fax
(49 6221) 830545; email FIAN-IS@oln.comlink.apc.org.
*The Internet and Rural Development: Recommendations for
Strategy and Activity, 1996.* Dr. Don Richardson.
Examines current development applications of the
Internet and investigates Internet's potential role in
assisting rural development projects. Discusses how Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) could improve access
to and content of online resources to meet needs of
rural poor. Recommends that FAO establish Internet pilot
projects, assist telecommunications infrastructure
improvements and orient existing online services to
users in developing countries. Includes listing of
international development agencies and organizations
with Internet services. No charge. Riccardo DelCastello,
Electronic Information Systems Working Group, SDRE, Food
and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy; phone 5225
2932; fax 5225 5249; email riccardo.delcastello@fao.org.
Also available on the web:
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/CDdirect/CDho
mepg.htm.
*Farmers Market Monthly, Volume 1, Number 1, 1996.*
(Periodical). Monthly newsletter focuses on California
farmers' markets, including farmer profiles, market
calendars and ideas about preparing produce in season.
Provides information about legal, regulatory and
political issues affecting farmers' markets. Published
in two regional editions focusing on Northern California
and Southern California. US$30. Farmers Market Monthly,
P.O. Box 4220, Culver City, CA 90231; phone (310) 673-
8366; fax (310) 673-0186.
*Production without Destruction, 1995.* Helen Vukasin,
Loes Roos, Newton Spicer and Mike Davies. Provides
concrete information about implementing sustainable
farming practices for farmers in Southern Africa.
Emphasizes soil building, pest control and water
management for food production, and includes information
about dryland farming, integrating animals into farm
systems and improving practices for small gardens. 188
pp. US$9.95. International: ECHO, 17430 Durrance Road,
North Fort Myers, FL 33917-2200; phone (813) 543-3246;
fax (813) 543-5317. Africa: Natural Farming Network
Zimbabwe, P.O. Box 8515, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe;
phone (263-4) 726-538; fax (263-4) 723-056.
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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