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Switching from coca

4 July 2011

Guillermo García explains how agribusiness can help Colombia’s peasant farmers ditch coca cultivation and pursue legal and more secure opportunities

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged access, agribusiness, agriculture, alternative development, alternatives, Amazon, beans, black pepper, cacao, Canadá, Carrefour, Casino, coca cultivation, cocaine, coconuts, coffee, Columbia, competition, dairy products, demand, development, distribution, drugs, environment, Europe, export, Fair Trade, France, gourmet sauces, government, guerrillas, Guillermo Garcia, heart of palm, honey, illegal, income, infrastructure, Inter-American Development Bank, International, investment, issue 6, Japan, legality, local, Making It magazine, marketing, middlemen, opportunities, packaging, paramilitary, peasant farmers, private sector, Putumayo, quality, security, socio-economic intervention, Spain, subsistence, traffickers, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNODC

A renewable future for mankind: challenges and prospects

13 January 2011

India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy pushes to transform the promise of boundless and clean energy into reality

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged aero-generators, biogas plants, biomass gasifiers, carbon intensive, China, clean, clean energy, coal, community, costs, development, domestic investors, economic growth, energy, energy sources, environment, Farooq Abdullah, finance, foreign investors, fossil fuel, germany, inclusive growth, India, Indian Minister of New and Renewable Energy, innovation, irrigation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, JNNSM, lighting, oil, policy, power generation capacity, regulation, renewable, research and development, solar, solar cookers, Spain, supply, sustainable, taxes, technology, USA, wind energy

The power of the community

12 November 2010

Milford Bateman argues that it is community-driven financial institutions rather than microfinance that can help poor people move out of poverty

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 18th century, agriculture, aid, banks, Basque, Brazil, business, Caja Laboral Popular, CLP, community, cooperative banks, credit institutions, economy, emergencies, enterprise development, Europe, funds, global financial crisis, governance, history, income, innovation, International, italy, job, labour, ldc, least developed countries, London, Mali, microdebt, microfinance, Milford Bateman, Nigeria, Overseas Development Institute, Oxfam America, poverty, privately owned, Second World War, social, South Africa, Spain, sustainable, UK, WWII

The world’s ten leading geothermal cities

2 June 2010

Copenhagen, Denmark: Having set a target of zero carbon emissions by 2025, the city could meet 50% of its heating needs by using its geothermal resources. Larderello, Italy: Boasts the very first geothermal power plant, which opened at the beginning of the 20th century. Reykjavik, Iceland: Abundant geothermal resources provide heat for approximately 87% of […]

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Abu Dhabi, air-conditioning, Australia, Boise, business, China, cities, Copenhagen, Denmark, first, geothermal, heating, Iceland, Idaho, italy, Klamath Falls, Larderello, Madrid, Masdar City, natural resources, Nevada, Oregon, Perth, power, Public Works Department, renewable energy, Reno, resources, Reykjavik, schools, Spain, United States, worlds leading geothermal cities, Xianyang

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Switching from coca

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