JOB VACANCY IN TEACHING Makasar Indonesia
2008-05-25 21:58:00 Greensville Montessori , located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia is accepting resumes for passionate Montessori teachers at all program levels. We are proud of our commitment to offer our students an authentic Montessori education while cultivating them to become compassionate and responsible citizens of the world. We offer a competitive salary based on your qualifications ...
Who?s profiting from higher food prices? Certainly not the rice farmers
2008-05-09 08:33:00 Some people are making big bucks from the higher prices of food, including rice. But not the farmers. The Star (8 May) carried this tiny report on page 32 - it should have been front page headlines, Chun Wai! - telling of how over 2,000 rice farmers in the country’s “rice bowl” state of Kedah are ...
By: anilnetto.com
Intense interest in Malaysian polls across the Causeway
2008-02-28 08:54:00 I am just back from Singapore, where I took part in a forum on the Malaysian general election with some old friends. The forum on Tuesday was organised by the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in the island republic. I was delighted to meet my friend, Farish Noor, ...
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GM mosquitoes to be released in Malaysia on large scale?
2008-02-06 05:07:00 Just spotted this Wired news report on an experiment with genetically modified mosquitoes - and the company “envisions releasing the insects in Malaysia on a large scale in three years”. Gulp! Engineered Mosquitoes Could Wipe Out Dengue Fever ...
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Corporate takeover of agriculture gathers pace
2008-02-03 16:49:00 More worrying developments regarding the corporate takeover of agriculture. Nestle is eyeing the commercialisation of traditional red rice varieties in Sarawak. It is also trying to promote contract farming - perhaps something similar to what Sime Darby has in mind for the Northern Corridor. It is presumptuous that these huge multinational corporations think they can teach traditional ...
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Palm oil, palm oil everywhere, but only a few drops to cook?
2008-01-07 15:32:00 Only in Malaysia…. Malaysia - world’s second largest palm oil producer. (Indonesia is now the world’s largest producer.) The “new”Sime Darby - world’s largest listed palm oil producer. And yet, rationing has been imposed: 5kg buying limit on cooking oil PUTRAJAYA: Five kilograms ? that is the maximum amount of cooking oil that each consumer can buy when a move ...
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Climate change: Too little, too late?
2007-12-10 12:13:00 This snippet from a World Development Movement blog entry from the UN Framework Conference on Climate Change in Bali got me worried - and as it should you too. While we carry on our lives as usual, we remain blissfully unaware that the very survival of our planet is at stake. ”The science says that ...
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Farmers lose autonomy as MNCs take control of agriculture
2007-12-06 15:28:00 Farmers are under increasing pressure from multinational corporations, which in many parts of the world are planning to take control over the entire food production and distribution chain. This leaves farmers at the mercy of these MNCs for seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, sales and distribution. In the end, the farmers will lose their autonomy and independence and ...
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NCER: Transforming agriculture - for whom?
2007-09-17 18:04:00 On July 30, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) master-plan was launched with much fanfare. Among other goals, the blueprint aims to transform agriculture in the rice-bowl region of Malaysia.The masterplan was designed by Sime Darby although the project will be implemented by a regional coordinating authority, chaired by the Prime Minister. On the face of ...
By: anilnetto.com
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