4010 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://irri.org/news/media-releases/second-green-revolution-seeks-to-leave-no-farmer-behindBANGKOK, Thailand, 28 October 2014 – The second Green Revolution in rice has been under way for more than 6 years, reckons Robert Zeigler , director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).This second Green Revolution, or GR2.0, seeks to benefit the most unfavorable rice-growing areas and leave no farmer behind.Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:50:00 +0100oneworld-24b3e250fc32f8924228ed1706d5ccc020141030015000http://irri.org/news/media-releases/second-green-revolution-seeks-to-leave-no-farmer-behindBANGKOK, Thailand, 28 October 2014 – The second Green Revolution in rice has been under way for more than 6 years, reckons Robert Zeigler , director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).This second Green Revolution, or GR2.0, seeks to benefit the most unfavorable rice-growing areas and leave no farmer behind.Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:14:00 +0100oneworld-669e01b7417e97cb1cd3a8fdcd97fcf120141029141400http://www.gulf-times.com/Qatar/178/details/412526/Importance-of-culture-and-risk-highlightedCulture clash reduces the impact of efforts for disaster preparedness, according to Terry Cannon.Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:25:00 +0200gulf-times-c788f4b03fb2a5a27132f50c686fdeaf20141016212500http://allafrica.com/stories/201410161572.html[Thomson Reuters Foundation]Barcelona -When Ebola emerged in West Africa this year, the virus was able to spread so quickly partly because burial rituals in Guinea and Sierra Leone involve washing the dead - and it's been hard to dissuade people from touching infected corpses.Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:20:00 +0200allafrica-f73204f2e3a500297d729a8692c3a26920141016152000