>From the Weekly Harvest Newsletter, Sustainable Agriculture News Briefs - January 27, 2005, put out by ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Studies Say Organic Ag Could Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries
Organic food production could promise a way out of poverty for many small farmers in developing countries, according to a thematic evaluation by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). Farmers who switched to organic agriculture achieved higher earnings and a better standard of living, the study, conducted in China and India last year, showed. Similar findings were produced by an earlier study in six Latin American countries, conducted in 2001. The studies, supported by the Italian Government, looked at the role of organic agriculture in rural poverty reduction and when, and under what conditions, organics could be integrated into development programs. URL: http://www.ifad.org/media/press/2005/3.htm <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ahp4k8aab.0.p8q8k8aab.obx6zyn6.740&p=http%3A%2F %2Fwww.ifad.org%2Fmedia%2Fpress%2F2005%2F3.htm> _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
