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Category Archives: Agriculture
Global Warming in Africa
Some parts of the world are more vulnerable to a worldwide natural disturbance like global warming. Areas subject to drought and desertification are on the top of that list. In a place like Africa, where poverty, HIV, and internecine warfare … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Global Warming, Politics
Tagged Africa, Darfur, desertification, Global Warming, Sudan
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The Social Cost of Monoculture
Monoculture is often attacked from an ecological perspective: it causes the buildup of pests and diseases, it depletes the soil, it requires intensive chemical inputs. Granted, these realities have serious social consequences, but monoculture has a more immediate and often … Continue reading
The Question of Agrobiodiversity
Over the past century, we have seen massive loss of agricultural biodiversity, in terms of both species and varieties. The statistics on biodiversity loss in varietal strains are staggering. According to the book Fatal Harvest, from 1903 to 1983, we … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environment
Tagged agricultural-biodiversity, Agriculture, biodiversity, Collapse, Jared-Diamond
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Center for the Improvement of Cocoa
Established in 2000, the Experimental Station of Matalarga specializes in the improvement of cocoa production in the Dominican Republic. The research team at the station has identified two areas of high priority: production and quality. To confront these problems, Alejandro … Continue reading
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CREAR
The Regional Center for the Study of Rural Alternatives (CREAR), lies tucked away in the mountainous community of Rio Limpio, along the Dominican border with Haiti. CREAR is a small technical school created to teach young people and farmers about … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Development, Organic
Tagged Agriculture, crear, Development, dominican-republic, Organic
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