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 Morocco’s aromatic plants find a champion
2003-05-16
Medicinal and aromatic plants, agroindustrial processing, appropriate technologies, biodiversity conservation, and biotechnology are among the research interests of Dr Mustafa Ismaili-Alaoui, professor at the Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (IAV) in Rabat, Morocco. But there’s a common thread linking these interests, and about which he is passionate: enhancing the value of Morocco’s natural heritage. And a key ally in these activities has been Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). 
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Attention former awardees!
2002-07-29
Did you receive an award from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)? If so, IDRC would like to hear from you!
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 Saskatoon company could revolutionize chocolate industry
2002-07-26
'Melts in your mouth, not in your hand' is a claim that more chocolate manufacturers could be making if the efforts of a Saskatoon company and the country of Burkina Faso are successful. Chocolate manufacturers are hoping a Saskatoon’s bioprocessing research organization, POS Pilot Plant’s work with shea butter could revolutionize the chocolate industry. Replacing cocoa butter with inexpensive shea butter could lower production costs. Its ability to remain solid at higher temperatures also makes shea butter attractive to chocolate makers.
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 International research could help protect Canada's wheat
2002-07-26
Canada has long been one of the world’s leading wheat producers. With annual revenues of $4 to 6 billion, wheat is important to the national economy. But plant diseases, such as tan spot, threaten this important export. For a cure, the Canadian wheat industry will increasingly have to turn to international agricultural research centres.
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 The Canadian Connection
2002-07-26
Agricultural research undertaken in Mexico could help the Canadian wheat industry. Work to examine fish genetics has implications for First Nations communities in British Columbia. A Saskatoon company could help revolutionize the chocolate industry — and the economy of Burkina Faso. Canadian and Southern researchers are joining forces and proving that research is a two-way street.
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 Debate looms over rights to fish genetics
2002-07-26
While a debate over genetic engineering has been raging for years, it has focused mainly on food crops. Not anymore. Aquatic genetic engineering has 'exploded' in the past two years and, like its land counterpart, is the subject of much dispute. Groups, organizations, and even governments are scrambling to figure out just who owns the rights to fish's genetic make-up. A few of the players involved in the fight are the Victoria-based World Fisheries Trust and BC’s Shuswap First Nations.
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 Business e-tips for Rural African Women
2002-06-24
A new information tool offers direct access to information for women who are among the most marginalized in development --poor women with little or no reading ability.
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 A Life-Changing Experience
2002-05-01
For Catherine Potvin, a researcher at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, an IDRC project to promote the sustainable use of plant biodiversity in Panama was a life-altering experience. Potvin's interest: to see how the Emberá people interacted with their environment.
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 Best-of-Reports: Focus on Health
2002-04-05
To mark World Health Day, April 7, Reports magazine is running a selection of stories that focus on health-related research.
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From South to North — the sand filter takes hold in Canada
2002-02-22
A Canadian scientist, David Manz, engineered a slow sand filter that was not dependent on a continuous flow of water to function properly. IDRC-supported researchers perfected this filter for use in the developing world. But the slow sand filter is also being used in Canada — farming communities in Alberta are using it to purify well water.
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An ICT Grants Program for the Asia-Pacific
2001-11-21
A research and development grants program for Asia-Pacific organizations has been established with support from IDRC. It supports applied research to find solutions to development problems in Asia-Pacific related to information and communications technologies (ICTs).
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 In Conversation with Ritu Verma: an interview with the author of Gender, Land, and Livelihoods in East Africa
2001-11-09
For six months, Ritu Verma lived in Maragoli in Western Kenya, where she worked with nine women’s groups and numerous farmers as part of her research project on gender and soil fertility. Using a variety of research techniques, including photography and personal interviews, Ms Verma captured in rich detail the complexity of the women’s lives as they struggled to sustain their soils and their livelihoods in a difficult political-economic environment.
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Bridging the Digital Divide: A Special Webcast
2001-09-19
Are rural Canadians and developing world communities missing the boat when it comes to the revolution in information and communication technologies? This is just one of the questions experts from Africa and Canada will tackle as part of a webcast discussion on the "digital divide". The webcast, part of the BayBytes Rural Technology Forum 2001 taking place in Port Blandford, Newfoundland, is slated for Tuesday, September 25, 2001, from 8:30 to 10:00 (NFLD time). Anyone can particpate but they must register beforehand (it's free). A registration form will be availbale as of Monday, September 24 at the(http://www.baybytes.net/webcast.htm). Media representatives looking for more information on the webcast can find it here.
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Net Gains With Somos@telecentros
2001-09-19
A two-year-old Latin American and Caribbean co-operative that joins community Internet access centres, or telecentres, across the region stands at about 1,500 members and growing.
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 Controlling Malaria in Mexico Using Alternatives to DDT
2001-09-14
Public health experts in Mexico, in collaboration with the nation's Malaria Control Programme, are introducing new strategies, to prevent malaria outbreaks — without the help of DDT. Using an ecosystem health approach, a multi-disciplinary team funded by IDRC is fighting the malaria parasite in the State of Oaxaca by addressing the most important factors that determine its spread: humans, mosquitoes, and the local environment in which parasites persist.
See slide show: Controlling malaria in Mexico using alternatives to DDT
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Long-Term Sustainability of Ethiopian Landraces at Risk
2001-08-16
Shrinking farmer's fields caused by land redistribution policies and population pressures in the central highlands of Ethiopia are placing the agricultural biodiversity of this region at risk, claims an Ethiopian researcher funded by IDRC.
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News Release: Canada Welcomes Malaysia's Initiative to Control Carbon Emissions
2001-07-25
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) welcomes Malaysia’s announcement that it will ban burning of forests and debris to reduce smog in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur, and surrounding areas. This reflects one of the key recommendations made in 1998 in a study partly funded by IDRC and done by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
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In Conversation: Rohinton Medhora
2001-07-23
Director of the Social and Economic Equity program area is the latest in a series of positions that Rohinton Medhora has held during in his eight-and-a-half years with IDRC. Prior to this posting, he was Senior Program Specialist for Economics, and Team Leader of the Trade, Employment, and Competitiveness program initiative. A former economics faculty member at the University of Toronto, Dr Medhora has worked on a wide range of topics including economic integration, monetary union, financial liberalization, central and commercial banking, trade, exchange rates, privatization, and structural adjustment.
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In Conversation: Richard Fuchs
2001-07-16
Richard Fuchs joined IDRC in January 2001 as Director of the Information and Communication Technologies for Development Program Area. He came to the Centre with broad experience in academia, the public service, and the private sector. Dr Fuchs served as the Executive Director, and later as a Commissioner, for the Newfoundland Economic Recovery Commission. He was also the founder and CEO of the Enterprise Network Inc., a Crown corporation that established Canada's first rural online and telecentre services. In 1996, Mr Fuchs set up Futureworks, a firm specializing in the development of distance technology systems and services.
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Acacia Projects Chosen as Finalists for Stockholm Challenge Awards
2001-07-13
The Rosslyn Learning Project and the Timbuktu Multipurpose Community Telecenter Project, funded by the International Development Research Centre through its Acacia program initiative and other donors, are among the 100 finalists for this year's Stockholm Challenge Awards. The Stockholm Challenge is a global arena for pioneering information technology projects that focus on the benefits of technology to people and society.
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In Conversation: Peter Cooper
2001-07-09
Peter Cooper, Director of IDRC's Environment and Natural Resources Management Program Area (ENRM), joined the Centre in September 2000. He received his Ph.D in Soil Science from Reading University and has lived and worked extensively in Africa and the Middle East with Britain's Official Development Administration (now the Department for International Development) and the CGIAR system. Prior to joining IDRC, Dr Cooper was Director of Research and, most recently, Leader of the Systems Evaluation and Dissemination Program at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry in Kenya.
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AIDS Crisis at Frightening Stage
2001-07-03
Last week, government leaders met at the United Nations to draft a global strategy to treat and prevent AIDS. On Monday June 25, Christine Zarowsky, the Senior Health Advisor for IDRC, argued on the CBC Radio program, "Ottawa Morning", that AIDS has reached a frightening stage in Southern Africa, and we must do a lot more now to fight it. To hear her commentary, follow this link: http://radio.cbc.ca/insite/COMMENTARY/2001/6/25.html
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Remembering Don McAllister
2001-06-25
Don E. McAllister, the founder of Ocean Voice International, died peacefully on Sunday June 17th in Ottawa. Dr McAllister dedicated his life to solving global environmental problems, especially those related to marine habitat. In 1989, he teamed up with the Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources in the Philippines and the International Marinelife Alliance to establish a training program for Filipino fishers. With IDRC funding, the program taught divers how to use hand-held, fine-mesh "fence" nets to catch ornamental fish, instead of sodium cyanide.
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In Conversation: Asit K. Biswas and Murad J. Bino
2001-06-20
In the Middle East and North Africa, water is rapidly becoming the key development issue. In response, policymakers have proposed or tried to implement policies such as higher water tariffs or privatization, but have done so without considering local culture and values. Yet culture, including religion, clearly influences how people perceive and manage a resource such as water, and must be considered during policy development. Exploring the intersection of Islamic law and the modern water crisis is the goal of Water Management in Islam, recently published by IDRC and United Nations University Press. Stephen Dale recently interviewed two of the book's co-editors, Professor Asit K. Biswas and Dr Murad J. Bino, for IDRC Reports Online.
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Russian Launch of Smoke and Mirrors
2001-06-13
The Russian version of Smoke and Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War, published by the International Development Research Centre, was launched by the Russian Public Health Foundation (RPHA) at an event surrounding World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2001, in Moscow.
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CFP Report 32: Urban Agriculture in India: A Survey of Expertise, Capacities and Recent Experience
2001-06-06
“How will South Asian cities be fed?” is an important question demanding attention due to the rapidly growing urban population of the sub-continent. Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is one set of activities resulting in greater food production, improved livelihood opportunities for urbanites and the enhanced environmental quality of cities. This report provides an overview of existing UPA resources and activities in India with particular emphasis on Delhi and Bangalore, although many examples from other Indian cities are also presented.
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ITrain to be Profiled at Southern Africa Economic Summit 2001
2001-05-31
The Bellanet International Secretariat is pleased to announce that ITrain is one of six education-related ICT projects that will be profiled at the upcoming Southern Africa Economic Summit 2001 in Durban, South Africa, a meeting hosted by the World
Economic Forum (WEF) in cooperation with the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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IDRC Report Promotes a Social Vision of the Internet in Latin America
2001-05-29
Internet projects in Latin America and the Caribbean need to go beyond connectivity and technology to make meaningful contributions to development, say the authors of a new report on the Internet and development. The Internet . . . Why and What For? lays out a social vision for the Internet in Latin America, provides some lessons to achieve this vision, and states what different projects need to do to meet coming challenges.
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In Conversation: Patrick Christie
2001-05-24
The increased commercialization and exploitation of aquatic resources, deforestation and pollution, and encroachments on communally owned resources by national and transnational private interests are placing the world's coastal regions under enormous pressure. One example is the Pearl Lagoon estuary, the main basin on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. Taking Care of What We Have: Participatory Natural Resource Management on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua documents the story of the Coastal Area Monitoring Project and Laboratory (CAMPlab), launched in 1993. Sheila Riordon recently interviewed co-author Patrick Christie, who has been involved in the project since its inception, for IDRC Reports Online.
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Distance Education in Mongolia
2001-05-23
In February 2001, a team of experts in technology-assisted distance education braved the coldest winter Mongolia has had in 40 years to conduct a seminar in Ulaanbataar. The visitors from the University of British Columbia (Canada), Baptist University of Hong Kong, the Open University of Indonesia, and IDRC's Pan Asia Networking conducted Mongolia's first Workshop on Web-based Distance Education. Mongolian participants learned about methodologies on designing, developing, and delivering instructional courses on the Internet, with remarkable eagerness.
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Roundtable Discussion on Bhutan-Canada Bilateral Relations
2001-05-13
South Asia Partnership Canada invites you to a roundtable discussion on Bhutan-Canada bilateral relations, featuring a presentation by His Excellency Om Pradhan and The Honourable Maurice F. Strong: 10:00 to 12:00 p.m, Tuesday, May 15, 2001, Conference Room (202), Second Floor, 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa.
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In Conversation: Rod MacRae
2001-05-10
The 20th century has witnessed a massive growth in urban populations. In 1990, one-third of the world's people lived in cities of one million or more. As well, hunger and malnutrition are on the increase worldwide, as the global food system fails to satisfy the growing demand of the urban consumer. For Hunger-proof Cities: Sustainable Urban Food Systems is the first book to fully explore food security from an urban perspective. Mark Foss recently interviewed co-editor Rod MacRae about this publication for IDRC Reports Online.
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The Free Trade Area of the Americas after Buenos Aires: 'Much ado about nothing?'
2001-05-10
If civil society scored a small victory at the early April trade ministers' meeting in Buenos Aires, proponents of free trade did not. Little progress was made on the key trade concerns which would give Latin American countries free market access. And what progress has been achieved has made it clear that free trade may produce as many losers as winners. Among the losers could be the already disadvantaged groups in society and the environment.
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Africa's House of Chiefs: A Model for Aboriginal Governance in Canada?
2001-05-09
The Indigenous Summit of the Americas, held in Ottawa from March 28-31, sought ways of reconciling past and future, of ensuring that Indigenous peoples of the Americas benefit socially and economically from progress in a way that respects their culture and traditions. In this quest, Indigenous peoples could and should look beyond the Americas: the experience of a number of African countries with "Houses of Chiefs" — Indigenous Houses of Parliament — could provide a useful model for recognizing traditional forms of governance and fostering dialogue on Indigenous issues and rights.
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 Identifying Islamic Approaches to Water Management
2001-05-04
Water management projects in the Middle East and North Africa are more likely to be sustainable if they take Islamic teachings into account, say the co-editors of Water Management in Islam, published by IDRC and the United Nations University Press. The book dispels "persistent notions" among some Muslims that wastewater reuse and the sale of water is against Islam, and makes some surprising conclusions, says Naser Faruqui of IDRC.
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Power to the People? Gender, Development, and Grassroots Democracy in South Asia
2001-05-04
You are cordially invited to a presentation on "Power to the People? Gender, Development and Grassroots Democracy in South Asia," by Dr George Matthew, Founder-Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India. The presentation will be held on Tuesday May 8, 2001, 2-4 pm, Room 870, CIDA, Place du Centre, 200 Promenade du Portage, Hull.
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Balancing Rights, Responsibilities, and Resources: The Crucible Project
2001-05-03
The use of genetic resources is rapidly attracting public interest as these resources are of crucial importance for biotechnology and genetic engineering. But who should be able to own and control these resources? How can benefits from their use be shared equitably and sustainably? The Crucible Project was launched to discuss these and other pressing issues relating to the ownership, conservation, and exchange of plant germplasm, and to clarify the choices for policymakers.
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EEPSEA Policy Brief: Seeding Reforestation: What Drives Forest Expansion in China?
2001-05-01
Tropical forest destruction has been the subject of a great deal of research. Relatively little work has been done on the factors that lead to the expansion of forest land and help counter some of the negative impacts of tropical forest loss. Now, however, a young Chinese researcher has helped fill this research deficit by providing significant information on the factors that affect both forest loss and expansion.
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In Conversation: Ian Smillie
2001-04-25
Although the critical need to build local capacities in emergency and post-emergency situations is widely recognized, reality often flies in the face of stated policy and good intentions. Strengthening local capacity is easier said than done, and there are real tradeoffs between outsiders taking action quickly in the midst of an emergency, and building longer-term local skills. Patronage or Partnership: Local capacity building in humanitarian crises examines this dilemma from various local perspectives, through eye-opening case studies from Bosnia, Guatemala, Haiti, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Sri Lanka. Clyde Sanger, an Ottawa-based journalist, recently interviewed the book's editor, Ian Smillie.
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EEPSEA Policy Brief: Forest Management Systems in the Uplands of Vietnam: Social, Economic and Environmental Perspectives
2001-04-25
One of the challenges facing forest conservation in Southeast Asia is to develop management systems that deliver environmental sustainability and secure long-term livelihoods for local people. Choosing and developing such systems is a complex task since there are many diverse and often conflicting interests to take into account. A recent study in the northern uplands of Viet Nam has shown that a participatory approach can yield results that inform policy making and empower and involve local communities.
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RITC Policy Brief: Tobacco Use by Black Women in Cape Town
2001-04-24
Traditionally, Black African women have had among the lowest rates of smoking in South Africa — with estimates of their smoking incidence ranging from 7 % to 12 %. However, they are increasingly being targeted by tobacco companies and exposed to tobacco marketing aimed at them.
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In Conversation: Victor Neufeld
2001-04-19
A decade ago, the Commission on Health Research for Development found that only 5% of the total investment on global health research was focused on the conditions accounting for 95% of the global disease burden. Three years later, the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) was established to help developing countries implement a key strategy, known as Essential National Health Research. In October 2000, COHRED and other international institutions sponsored the International Conference on Health Research for Development in Bangkok to assess the current situation. One of COHRED's contributions was the book, Forging Links for Health Research: Perspectives from the Council on Health Research for Development,edited by Victor Neufeld and Nancy Johnson.
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Multipurpose Community Telecenters in Barangays of Mindanao
2001-04-11
A pilot project in Philippines to establish Barangay Multipurpose Community Telecenters (MCT) aims to provide people in remote villages with access to the Internet. This project builds on existing telecommunications infrastructure, participation of village communities and initiatives, and programs of the government, civil organizations, and the private sector.
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New Book: Gender, Land, and Livelihoods in East Africa: Through Farmers' Eyes
2001-04-09
In rural Africa and the Middle East, many ecosystems are on the verge of collapse. As a result, farmers — especially women farmers — face a constant daily struggle to survive. This book illustrates the complexity and diversity of women’s lives in Maragoli, western Kenya, as they work to sustain their soils and negotiate a plethora of competing demands and constraints in an increasingly stressful economic environment. The book demonstrates that soil degradation is not simply a function of population pressure and ignorance; rather, it is embedded in gender relations and complex struggles at the local level.
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IWMI Training Kit on Gender and Irrigation Now Available
2001-04-03
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) offers a training kit with video on participatory intervention methodologies in irrigation projects, as successfully applied in Andean irrigation schemes. The video presents the case of the Licto Irrigation Scheme in Ecuador, and is accompanied by a booklet with a facilitator's guide.
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New Book: Managing Small-scale Fisheries: Alternative Directions and Method
2001-03-26
Small-scale fisheries employ 50 of the world’s 51 million fishers, practically all of whom are from developing countries. And together, they produce more than half of the world’s annual marine fish catch of 98 million tonnes, supplying most of the fish consumed in the developing world. At the same time, increased fishery overexploitation and habitat degradation are threatening the Earth’s coastal and marine resources. Worldwide, the management and governance of small-scale fisheries is in urgent need of reform.
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Farmknow to Help Vegetable Production in Beijing Suburbs
2001-03-21
Farmers in Beijing's suburban areas now have an Internet tool to help them with vegetable production practices. An innovative website called "Farmknow" is providing content and advisory services on new vegetable varieties, and crop management and protection.
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Latest Edition of CBNRM Newsletter
2001-03-12
This special issue of NRM ResearchLinks focuses on a recent workshop supported by the CBNRM program of IDRC in China: the Second International Workshop on Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Asia, October 16 - 20, 2000, in Guiyang, China.
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Network Above the Clouds
2001-03-07
It’s not even 9:00 a.m. and already the first major headache has occurred for Dr Nyima Tashi, Deputy Director and Associate Professor at the Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Sciences (TAAAS). With hundreds of foreign guests rolling in for an international conference on yaks, not only is he getting everyone prepared, chairing sessions, and doubling as a translator — he has to help a couple of presenters with computer problems.
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New Book: Management of Shared Groundwater Resources
2001-03-05
For their supply of freshwater, both Palestinians and Israelis rely heavily on underground aquifers beneath Israel and the Palestinians territories. These aquifers are at the heart of ongoing negotiations between Palestine and Israel, as water is often alluded to as a major obstacle to peace. This book presents a framework for the joint management of shared aquifers, with specific reference and proposals for the major Israeli–Palestinian case: the Mountain Aquifer. It is the first book to explicitly address the issue of cross-border groundwater management, an issue that is increasingly becoming a focal point of discussions at both the international and cross-jurisdictional levels.
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TRIPS Agreement Remains Contentious in the South
2001-03-01
Developing nations will continue to lobby for changes to the controversial World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, known as TRIPS, claims the author of major discussion papers on the issue.
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Internet Access by Remote Communities in Sarawak: The Smart School as a Demonstrator Application
2001-02-27
A research team from the University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Faculty of Information Technology is exploring potential uses of the Internet in remote communities. Under the Pan Asia R&D; Grants supported project, Internet access is being provided to a school in a remote community on the island of Borneo. The research team is examining the information needs that exist in this primarily agricultural region, with the aim of determining how the Internet can be used to improve access to and dissemination of information resources.
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What's New at Cities Feeding People?
2001-02-26
Check out this website for information about new publications and upcoming events related to IDRC's Cities Feeding People program initiative.
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In Conversation: Farhang Rajaee
2001-02-22
What is the human condition at the dawning of the global age? Drawing upon his own extensive experience, as well as upon the thoughts of Western and non-Western scholars and philosophers, Farhang Rajaee provides a fresh and critical inquiry into the nature of globalization. Globalization on Trial: The Human Condition and the Information Civilization challenges the conventional view that equates globalization with the expansion of the capitalist economic system. IDRC Reports Online recently interviewed Dr Rajaee about Globalization on Trial:
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 Building the Capacity of Grassroots Organizations: The West African Rural Foundation
2001-02-16
For many years, farmers in the Djibanar valley of western Senegal have faced a bleak future as salt water, flowing inland from the sea, has degraded local lands and made cultivation of their traditional rice crops almost impossible. The problem has been compounded by an armed conflict in the area and the inability of cash-strapped governments to take action to restore their environment. In 1995, the West African Rural Foundation began mobilizing local communities to control soil salinization.
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Governance, Politics, and the Land Question in Zimbabwe
2001-02-15
Zimbabwe's political strife may not improve until President Robert Mugabe leaves office, says an activist from the troubled nation, who urges the international community to help engineer a way for Mugabe to leave office gracefully.
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Promoting Equitable Access, Meaningful Use, and Appropriation of the Internet
2001-02-14
During the past twenty-five years Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have played a key role in fostering democratization and social equity, often filling the gap between national public policies and people’s needs. As such, the strengthening of CSOs has been vaunted as part of the solution for the Latin American region’s socio-economic problems and search for alternative development paths.
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New Book: The Micronutrient Report: Current Progress and Trends in the Control of Vitamin A, Iron, and Iodine Deficiencies
2001-02-12
Micronutrient deficiencies are a significant cause of malnutrition and associated ill health throughout the world. This is particularly true in the developing world, where nearly 20% of the population suffers from iodine deficiency, about 25% of children have subclinical vitamin A deficiency, and more than 40% of women are anaemic. The Micronutrient Report summarizes current data on the prevalence of vitamin A, iodine, and iron deficiencies and reports on the implementation and progress of programs to battle these deficiencies in developing countries.
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 Planet Radio: Sharing Community Programming Over the Internet
2001-02-09
An international broadcasting association is helping community radio stations in the South use the Internet to strengthen their programming. The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters created its Internet initiative, MoebiuS/Planeta Radio, to counter unequal access to telecommunications. The goal is to democratize the airwaves by helping small, often low-powered, community radio stations around the world produce and share radio programs featuring different viewpoints than those of mainstream media.
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Visit the SISERA Website
2001-02-08
The Secretariat for Institutional Support for Economic Research in Africa (SISERA) is pleased to announce that its website is now up and running.
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News Release: Study Shows High Exposure to Insecticides Affects Mental Capacity
2001-02-07
Canadian and Latin American researchers have found that potato farmers of the Carchi Province of Ecuador suffer from decreased mental capacity as a result of their high exposure to chemical insecticides. Their research documents how this exposure affects the farmers’ decision-making abilities, leading to lower productivity.
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Toward Multilingual Internet Domain Names
2001-02-06
In an effort to break down language barriers to Internet access, a movement is afoot in Asia to develop a system for the use of multilingual domain names. While Internet access has spread rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region, many who do not work in the English language are often shut out. Therefore, it is hoped that multilingual content and multilingual domain names will be developed to reach those who work in other Asian languages. Concerned individuals came together to form the Multilingual Internet Names Consortium.
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The AIDS Crisis at South African Universities
2001-02-06
In the next few weeks the new school year will begin across South Africa's college campuses. Sadly, many of our students will not return from the summer recess. Lack of money is the most frequent explanation. The real reason may be AIDS.
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Ecohealth Lecture Series: The Threat of Pesticides
2001-02-05
Pesticide exposure is a serious health issue in many developing countries. What are the costs? What are the solutions? Two scientists, Dr Leslie London and Dr Donald Cole, will present the results of their work in this area.
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 Strengthening Community-based Health Care in Urban China
2001-02-02
When residents of Beijing's Zhongguancun neighbourhood wanted medical treatment they used to go to a hospital. Sometimes they waited several hours to get treated by a specialist. Now, thanks to a pilot project funded by IDRC and China's Ministry of Health, they can phone their new family doctor to make an appointment, or they can drop in to the new community health centre.
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International Commission Hosted by IDRC
2001-02-01
IDRC recently signed an agreement with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to host an important international commission that will look at the responsibility of the international community to protect citizens in grave humanitarian crises, wherever they occur.
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Beyond Connectivity: New Information and Communication Technologies for Social Development
2001-01-31
New Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have the potential to contribute to the realization of democracy, prosperity, and human potential in the Americas. To this aim, governments in the region need to promote a socially responsible use of ICTs for development. [From the series: Thinking about public policy #5, by Fundación ACCESO, October 2000.]
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New Book: Water Management in Islam
2001-01-29
In the Middle East and North Africa, water is rapidly becoming the key development issue. Policymakers have proposed or tried to implement policies such as higher water tariffs or privatization, but have done so without considering local culture and values. This book presents Islamic perspectives on a number of proposed water-management policies, including water demand management, wastewater reuse, and fair pricing. It dispels common misconceptions about the Islamic view on water-management practices, and serves as a concrete example of the benefit of examining development in the context of values and culture.
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 SchoolNet South Africa: Accessing a World of Learning
2001-01-26
Sizwe Ngcobo is a 17-year old special-needs student attending a school for the mentally disabled in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. He is Zulu-speaking and, until just over a year ago, had never seen a computer. Last year, Sizwe gained international recognition for the artwork he contributed to a collaborative student-designed web site that earned a silver medal in the ThinkQuest competition, an annual Internet challenge.
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 A Natural Weapon for Preventing Malaria in the Peruvian Amazon
2001-01-19
In the malaria-ridden Peruvian Amazon, researchers and local health officials have developed a new method of combatting the deadly disease using the yucca plant to produce a cheap and simple alternative to pesticides.Their method involves growing the bacteria Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis H-14) in the 'tea' from boiled yucca plants, which is then applied to malaria-breeding ponds to kill mosquito larvae.
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The DDT Dilemma
To Ban Or Not To Ban: That's Not The Question
2001-01-18
Canada and 121 other countries negotiated a landmark anti-pollution treaty in December, and bargained DDT right off the list of immediately banned poisons. The treaty is all the better for that. DDT is a widespread and pernicious menace, and must be banned completely. But not yet.
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The Hall of Mirrors: The Internet in Latin America
2001-01-17
Half a century ago, Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges published two short stories, “The Library of Babel” and “The Aleph.” The first describes an infinite library containing every book imaginable. The second speaks of a place in which one can see all things that exist in all places, from all possible angles and perspectives, in that single place and time. (Originally published in Current History, Vol. 99 No. 634, p.72., 2000.)
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IDRC Books Presents: Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Governance: Conclusion
2001-01-16
The United Nations is at a critical juncture. In an increasingly interconnected world, new forms of global governance have emerged. Global public-policy (GPP) networks embrace the very forces of globalization that have confounded and complicated traditional governance structures, challenging the operational capacity and democratic responsiveness of governments. They are distinctive in their ability to bring people and institutions from diverse backgrounds together, often when they have been working against one another for years.
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New Website on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Nepal
2001-01-15
MahilaWeb is an electronic repository focusing on women and gender issues in Nepal. Participating organizations include both non-governmental organizations and international aid agencies based in Nepal. MahilaWeb organizations are involved in training, advocacy, publishing, and information dissemination to promote Nepali women's empowerment.
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 Improving the Sustainability of the Tam Giang Lagoon
2001-01-12
Over-fishing, pollution, silting, and aquaculture development threaten one of Asia's largest lagoons, a 22,000 hectare water body on which 300,000 poor people depend for their rural livelihoods. With funding from IDRC and CIDA, a Vietnamese-led research team is trying to improve the sustainability of the Tam Giang Lagoon's resource base.
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Human Development in South Asia Report Documents Discrimination Against Women
2001-01-11
Twenty-five years after the first United Nations Conference on Women, South Asian women lag far behind men in virtually all human development measures, according to the Human Development in South Asia 2000 Report: The Gender Question. "This year's report focuses on the disproportionate share of this burden of deprivation that is borne by the women of South Asia," says Khadija Haq, the Report Team Leader, and Director of the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre in Islamabad.
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IDRC Books Presents: Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Governance: Networks and the United Nations
2001-01-09
The world this report has described demands innovative responses to the challenges of global governance, and it has particular implications for the work of the United Nations. The leadership of the United Nations has begun to place the idea of global public-policy (GPP) networks at the forefront of its vision and strategy for the UN system so that the organization can more effectively address the challenges facing the world in the 21st century.
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