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27 years of talks!
REMINDER:
Thursday, December 29th 2011, 1:15 pm:
Cremation of Brian William Hubbard,
the INTG Convenor for the last 10 years, at San Ku Lek Cremation
Ground, Rattanakosin Road (former Doi Saket Kao Road)
INTG Contacts
1) Convenor: Until we find a new
Convenor, please send any correspondence concerning talks to Louis
Gabaude:
"Email: Louis Gaboude " .
Mobile: 087 188 50 99.
2) Secretary: Louis Gabaude:
"E-mail: Louis Gabaude ".
Mobile: 087 188 50 99.
3) INTG Website: http://www.intgcm.thehostserver.com
Web Site News:
1) We thank Daniel from Citec Asia (now in
Australia) for taking care of the INTG Website after Brian's demise
until I can run it myself;
2) To prevent harvesters from reading our email
addresses, all e-mail addresses on this web site have been obfuscated.
To email any person listed with an email address, click on the persons
name to open your email client which will have the email address
inserted..
3) All personal postal addresses have also been
erased from the website for the same safety reasons.
Future Meetings
342nd Meeting – Tuesday, January 7th
2012
Getting Real about Food in the
World: Food Security and Small Farmers
A talk and presentation by Professor Lindsay
Falvey FTSE, Former Dean of Land and Food, and Chair of
Agriculture, University of Melbourne, Australia; Fellow/Life Member,
Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK.
Abstract
The presentation will draw from a recently published
book (free copies will be available to attendees) that begins with an
introduction about nexus between the neglect of food management in the
ancient world and social disintegration. It will then delve into two
worrying western perceptions in international aid –
misunderstanding of what is real food security and of the real
efficiency of small farms. Living in one of the few major food
exporting countries of the world like Thailand, the USA or Australia,
it is often forgotten that food shortages in other countries
nevertheless impact back home. Today, all nations are affected by the
food riots, migration and desperation anywhere in the world –
much that is labeled by other security terms in fact relates to
desperation over food. The flyleaf summarizes the books: ‘Small
farmers tilling handkerchief sized farms feed more than half the world.
They thus maintain national stability, forestall conflict and reduce
emigration. Secure food supply is nothing short of national security.
Such facts define the poor world, yet are misunderstood by nations that
influence international development. Practitioners know that small
farmers’ yields can exceed those of large farms. They also know
that food security means guaranteeing enough food to survive as a
national priority unrelated to free trade. Good governments of poor
countries practice this to avoid food shortages and anarchy. Food
always comes first – that is the message of this powerful book.
History is replete with failed societies that lost sight of the
centrality of food and farmers. Today, wealthy country delusions of
isolation from instability in the rest of the world open everyone to an
unprecedented risk. These matters are, in this book, refocused on the
essentials of life, global security and peace. Polemic in parts, it
shows the situation as it is.’ Prof Falvey will present
aspects from the book and his other work.
Prof Lindsay Falvey FTSE
has worked in international agriculture for 40 years, especially in
Thailand. He has led his country’s largest Faculty of Agriculture
as Dean at the University of Melbourne where he was also Chair of
Agriculture, and has advised all major aid and development agencies and
several governments. A Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences
& Engineering and a Life Member & Fellow of Clare Hall at the
University of Cambridge, Dr. Falvey has three doctorates (one honorary
from Thailand) all relating to agriculture, as do many of the honors
bestowed on him for his international contributions, including being a
Kitimasuk of the Thai Agricultural Science Society Under the Patronage
of H.M. The King.
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343rd Meeting – Tuesday, February 28th 2012:“Searching for pre-Lan Na cities in the Golden Triangle area". A talk by
Spencer Wood, Emeritus Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Department
of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 93725, USA;
Visiting Professor for Chiang Mai University, and for National
University of Singapore.
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344th Meeting – Tuesday, March 20th
2012: “WWII in Northern Thailand: The Flying Tigers and
64th Hayabusa Sentai Clash in Chiang Mai.” A talk and
presentation by Jack Eisner. Note: March 24, 2012 will be the 70th
anniversary of a famous event from WWII in northern Thailand.
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345th Meeting – Tuesday, May 5th
2012: “Merchants and Missionaries:Western incursions into Lan Na between 1829 and 1921". A talk by Ian Bushell
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Meeting times: 19:30 AT THE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE - Chiang Mai
Location: 138, Charoen Prathet Rd, Opposite Wat Chaimongkhon & EFEO
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