POST 2: EXPECTATIONS FOR A NEW SEMESTER

I hope to work hard this semester, because give the thesis project and I can start the investigation, will work in chile suicide. This year I want to finish the thesis, and look forward to working every day. 

I also hope to improve as a psychotherapist, I like reading about psychotherapy. 

Now I have no time for sports, but I want to fix my bike to come to college in it. 

In July my nephew arrives from France, wants to improve their Spanish, I hope you like Santiago and the University of Chile. He wants to go to some classes. 

Known in English classes two friends, and together we want to eat. I hope this friendship continues. 

Now working part-time at the masters program in adult as assistant coordinator, I have many things to organize 

I'm very busy this year, and all the things I do I like a lot. Everyday enjoy.

Poste 1: My autobiography

Hello, I´m Antonieta. I was born in Traigüén, it is a small town twenty kilometers Temucho. I have a dog, calleg "Cachu", I have a sister and brather. I live whith my parents, because they are old.

I´d like to tell you something:
I did not like school, because they had many ruls. My grades were not good and I just wanted go, I was losing time, I was not here. But, when I enters college, any change. 

For my it´s a nice place to learn, but, sametimes I get lost.
This not change inmediately, was slowly. Learning is good, with time to think and stop, because you have also lost. It good to keep the interesed for reading, and the beauty of the University of Chile, is having much interesting books.

I hear a lot of classical music, and I enjoy cooking.

More money for small farmers.

When shopping for food, ever more consumers in rich nations pay attention not only to prices, appearance an flavour. They also consider environmental and social aspects. Therefore, certifications of organic production fair-trade practices or regional origin often lead to a premium in the marketplace and can benefit small-scale farmers. Two recent research papers from the Kiel Institute for the Wold Economy Shed Light on the matter. They deal with pineapple growers in Ghana and coffee producers in Ethiopia.

Researchers in Kiel have analysed the prices of Ethiopian coffee on export  markets to see whether the initiative had an impact. Higher export prices are the first step towards securing higher incomes for producers. The data provided by the Ethiopian Customs Authority on amounts, prices, origin, certification status and quality of all coffee exports  from 2004 to 2009 showed that the prices of the registered brands increased by around 10% more than those of other coffee varieties (see chart). The increase, moreover, was eflected in higher producer prices in the three regions concerned. The strategy worked out.

These examples from Ghana and Ethiopia show that strategies that build on sonsumer trends in rich nations make sense. They can help to boost the incomes of rural people and protect their natural environment.

Vol. 30.2011:2                    D+C Develpment and cooperation