Jaanam Jaswani | Feb 10, 2019 | Featured, Food and Ecological Agriculture
Perhaps TV Dinner is now replaced by Gadget dinner. Just look around. I have seen (In Indonesia) where children watch cartoons through the cell phone, while being fed. Do you have TV dinner or ever heard of this term? Its Dinner that you eat while watching TV. And you...
Hira Jhamtani | Jun 26, 2016 | Food and Ecological Agriculture
The world will feed itself better and in a more sound and ecological manner through farmer-driven, locally-adaptive and diverse systems. And putting farmers first would mean that there will be sufficient food for everybody. This paper provides an alternative...
Hira Jhamtani | Jun 22, 2016 | Food and Ecological Agriculture
The 2008 food crisis in Indonesia was the result of the free-market economic reforms undertaken by the Indonesian government in compliance with the conditionalities imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its ‘bailout’ loan in the 1997 Asian...
Hira Jhamtani | Jun 19, 2016 | Food and Ecological Agriculture
Appropriate focus by the development community on sustainable agriculture as providing adaptation, mitigation and increased productivity options, a ‘win-win-win’ scenario for agricultural development is possible in facing climate change. Sustainable Organic...
Hira Jhamtani | Jun 19, 2016 | Food and Ecological Agriculture
The Green Revolution in Asia: Lessons for Africa Asia, which adopted the ‘Green Revolution’ model in the 1960s, has invaluable lessons to offer to Africa in striving for food security. For instance, a growing number of farmers are turning back to...
Hira Jhamtani | Jun 15, 2016 | Food and Ecological Agriculture
Drawing on two examples from Central Java, Indonesia, this article shows the importance of looking at the local agricultural systems and at the local food cultures when trying to achieve food security and an adequate nutrition. Even though villages may be...
