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80pc households have no exposure to extension services: Survey

AsianetApril 6, 2013 11:30

About 80 percent of farm households in the country do not have any exposure to government agricultural extension services, a seminar was told on Thursday.

CARP beneficiaries enjoy legal enterprise services

AsianetApril 4, 2013 14:32

CARP beneficiaries and their organizations need not go to private lawyers for their legal services relating to their farm enterprises.The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has recently conceptualized and trained in-house legal and support services teams to undertake enterprise lawyering for them.These teams can assist the beneficiaries and their organizations in securing production credit, ensuring the legal requirements for market agreements, acquiring better understanding of agri-insurance contracts and other legal requirements for starting and maintaining an enterprise.<

NK human rights-UN

Yonhap News AgencyMarch 21, 2013 15:45

By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/LONDON, March 21 (Yonhap) -- A United Nations body voted Thursday to embark on a formal investigation into human rights violations in North Korea, a move viewed as largely symbolic but significant in sending a message to Pyongyang. In a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the U.N. Human Rights Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a three-member Commission of Inquiry on North Korean Human Rights for a one-year mission. The time of its operation can be extended.

DR Congo rebels dismiss 'biased' UN rights report

Agence France-PresseJanuary 31, 2013 21:00

The rebel force active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has dismissed as "cruelly biased" a UN report that denounced a poor human rights record and led to UN sanctions against the group. The Movement of March 23 (M23) rebels have been fighting the army since May in the fertile but highly unstable North Kivu province. A UN report published late last year accused the rebels of serious atrocities such as rape, murder and forced recruitment. The UN experts also accused Rwanda and Uganda of backing M23, an allegation that the neighbouring countries deny.