By Mahendra Shah, Maurice Strong
ISBN-10: 0821347578
ISBN-13: 9780821347577
This document builds at the 3rd process evaluation of the Consultative staff on overseas Agricultural learn (CGIAR), and is aware of the demanding situations posed concerning nutrition safety, poverty, the surroundings, and genetic assets, inside an built-in method of the advanced elements of the final problem of feeding the area within the 21st century. the combo of assets, and built-in technique, have to meet the advanced features of the looming worldwide concern in meals, and agriculture, and are offered in the CGIAR examine schedule, which makes a speciality of 5 critical demanding situations: expanding productiveness, holding the surroundings, retaining bio-diversity, bettering guidelines, and strengthening nationwide examine. The document extra examines the clinical breakthroughs that experience the aptitude to extensively reshape the world's agricultural, and meals creation. i.e., the gene revolution or bio-technology, common source administration, and the knowledge revolution. innovations recommend the necessity for a better emphasis on governmental coverage study, and reform; stronger cooperation, and uncompromised targets from the non-public zone; and, the necessity for partnerships in utilising technology to the issues of the negative. the second one half beneficial properties the background and serve as of the CGIAR, and its accomplishments.
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3. Production of a 30-minute radio program Bienvenida Salud (Welcome Health), which is transmitted three times a week via five radio stations in the region, reaching 80 percent of the region’s inhabitants. Almost 500 episodes have been produced in the first eight years. With re-transmission, 1,100 broadcasts have aired and reached the most remote areas of the Loreto region (Sengupta 2007). A “Community Empowerment and Leadership Program” is a training program for community health workers (promotoras), in which women from the region are educated in basic human, sexual, and reproductive rights, self esteem and preventive health care.
And a series of social problems like domestic violence and very high fertility rates. The region is a river plateau with a very dispersed population. Although Loreto covers one third of the Peruvian territory, only 5 percent of the nation’s population lives in the area. Thus, radio becomes a useful medium to reach this very dispersed population. Minga’s strategy in Loreto region is to support the development of “communicative spaces,” which stimulate a culture of participation and public debate.
Femina HIP is a multi-media initiative grounded in principles of participatory communication. Femina articulates its own media platform in the intersection between radio programs, television programs, large print media, schools clubs, community outreach programs, and a web portal. Their objective is to build supportive environments in Tanzania where the following can occur: ■ ■ The ability of young people to enjoy in their own communities their right to access information and services leading to healthy lifestyles, and to be empowered to make positive, informed choices on sexuality in order to reduce the negative impact of HIV/AIDS.
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