July-August 1994
The FAO Review
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
"Man may work from sun to sun,
but woman's work is never done"
- Anonymous folk saying
Moped to Mercedes: Vietnam is changing from a poor, overlooked pariah nation to the darling of lenders and aid agencies. But does it now risk drowning in its new-found dollars?
Looking at labor: Low-input, sustainable farming systems seem to imply a lot more work to replace expensive machinery and inputs. How much is too much, and how should the labor be apportioned?
Together with Tekei: Japan's consumers are willing to pay more for less-than-perfect produce, whose insect holes prove vegetables have been grown organically. Home-makers are partners with farmers.
Against the GATT: Hyped as a needed stimulus to expanded world trade, the GATT has also sowed seeds of discord, prompting economist/critics to propose an alternative: The new protectionism.
Chief Editor: Thomas Pawlick
Associate Editor: Kate Dunn
Art Editor: Christian Besemer
Copy Editors: Dominique Hoeltgen, Medhat Makar, Enrique Yeves
Editorial Assistant: Laure Calderan
DTP Assistant: Emelyn Alazard
Managerial Assistant: Isabella Moretti
Editorial Policy Board: P.J. Mahler (Chairman), M. de Francisco, B. Huddleston, K. Killingsworth, J.P. Lanly, R. Lydiker, T. Pawlick (ex officio), M. Randriamamonjy, R.L, Welcomme, M.S. Zehni, M. Zjalic
Collaborating on this issue: Della Kennedy, Lorenza Manzi and Michelle Snow
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Vietnam fights to stay afloat in sudden deluge of aid dollars
NGOs encourage Vietnamese counterparts
Formula versus mother's milk: the boycott battle continues
The forest sinister: researchers sound an alarm at Chernobyl
Taiwan farmers find a little goes a long way
The enemy of my enemy is my friend: OAU pits wasps against stem borers
Climbing for the top in Rwanda
Devaluation of the CFA franc: a shudder of upheaval in west Africa
Raining stones: Chiapas rebels fight for agrarian reform
FAO in action
Low-input farming: Is it worth the work?
The Kofyar variations
Where inventions were the mother of necessity
Gender analysis has a crucial role in planning workable farming systems
Labor in low-input systems: A bibliography
The toilers of the field
Tekei: A farmer/consumer alliance succeeds in Japan
Transplanted: the odyssey of "the Outsiders"
The year of the hype: Did pushing GATT through only profit the few?
Noted & noteworthy
Letters to the Editor