April 8, 2011 - World Association of Soil and Water Conservation
April 8, 2011 - World Association of Soil and Water Conservation
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NEWSLETTER-BULLETIN-MAGAZINE▲ From the Green Page, March <strong>2011</strong>From: "ESDO" info@esdo.orgEnviro-Education: The Global Food Crisis• Between March 2007 <strong>and</strong> March 2008, global food prices increased anaverage <strong>of</strong> 43 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund.During that time period, wheat, soybean, corn, <strong>and</strong> rice prices increased by146 percent, 71 percent, 41 percent, <strong>and</strong> 29 percent, respectively, accordingto the U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture. Rising food prices contributed to asignificant increase in food insecurity worldwide, particularly amongpoorer populations. Approximately 1 billion people—or one sixth <strong>of</strong> theworld's population—subsist on less than $1 per day. Read More »• It is the basis <strong>of</strong> every Bangladeshis diet, but how much do you reallyknow about this amazing grain... Here are some facts:- Rice provides more than one-fifth <strong>of</strong> the calories consumed worldwide bythe human species;- Rice is the seed <strong>of</strong> the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima;- Protect against flood, drought, <strong>and</strong> erosion;- The seeds <strong>of</strong> the rice plant are first milled using a rice huller to removethe chaff;- support tribal people; <strong>and</strong>- Bangladesh is the world's fourth largest consumer <strong>of</strong> rice. 26.4 million metric tonnes per yearat last count.▲ UNESCO-ISI Newsletter No. 20From: "LIU C." 1 File (541KB)Thursday, March 31, <strong>2011</strong> 3:29 PM• ISI_Newsletter_No.20.pdfDear friends <strong>and</strong> colleagues,Attached please find the UNESCO-IHP-ISI Newsletter No. 20, any comments <strong>and</strong> suggestions are welcomed.The UNESCO IHP-ISI has its websites at: http://www.irtces.org/isi/ <strong>and</strong> ISI Information System at:http://www.irtces.org/isi/info.asp. ISI also has a quarterly newsletter which brings you the latest news,information <strong>and</strong> events. Please send your contributions to the Chairman <strong>of</strong> ISI SC atmanfred.spreafico@googlemail.com or ISI technical Secretariat at chliu@iwhr.com .I would appreciate your kind cooperation to further disseminate this newsletter in your networks.LIU ChengISI Technical SecretariatIRTCES under the auspices <strong>of</strong> UNESCO=======================================================Dr. LIU Cheng, Pr<strong>of</strong>essorDeputy Chief, Department <strong>of</strong> Research & TrainingIRTCES, P.O. Box 366, 20 Chegongzhuang West Rd.Beijing, 100048, China23
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