Youth in the Gambia stay put thanks to government farming initiative
Operation No Back Way to Europe is deterring illegal emigration by supporting agriculture in vulnerable districts of the Gambia ...
View ArticleG8 New Alliance condemned as new wave of colonialism in Africa
Critics say landmark initiative to boost agriculture and relieve poverty favours big business to the detriment of small farmers ...
View ArticleWake Up and Smell the Soil! Groundbreaking UN Report on the Paradigm Shift...
A doorstop of a report arrived in inboxes this morning. Not so subtly called: "Wake up Before It Is Too Late," the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development new report is a rallying cry for...
View ArticleNew approaches to food systems needed to cope with climate change (FAO - Food...
(Source: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) An FAO project in Kiroka, Tanzania, is helping rice farmers adopt climate-smart approaches. 23 September 2014, New York -...
View ArticleMozambique's agricultural fortunes rest on a choice between Obama and Annan
With rural poverty rising, Mozambique must choose between the contrasting G8 and Africa Progress Panel development models ...
View ArticleThe Corporate Scramble for Africa
Judging simply by its name, the sounds like a worthy initiative. Just the kind of thing we should be spending international aid money on, you might think. But look just a little closer, and it becomes...
View ArticleCLIMATE CHANGE: Agriculture takes a backseat again
DOHA, 5 December 2012 (IRIN) - Discussions about much-needed support for agriculture - which is seen both as a victim and a cause of climate change - at the UN’s climate change conference in Doha have...
View ArticleG-8 Leaders: After 20 Years, It's Time to Listen to Via Campesina
This week in Jakarta, Indonesia over 400 farmers from 70 countries gathered at the 6th International Conference of La Via Campesina to celebrate 20 years of struggle for food sovereignty. The...
View ArticleLeaders at UN summit take steps to ensure food security for 9 billion people...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Rice production in Tajikistan. Photo: FAO/Vasily Maximov 23 September 2014 - With demand for food set to increase 60 per cent by 2050, world leaders, major corporations...
View ArticleGates foundation spends bulk of agriculture grants in rich countries
African NGOs received just 4% of Bill Gates’s money for agriculture work, with 75% for US organisations, report says ...
View ArticleThe True Food Prize Goes to the Haitians
The Iowa state capitol is vibrating with activity this week in preparation for the World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony that is set to take place on Thursday. The 2013 World Food Prize credits...
View ArticleInvesting in sustainable agriculture by converting farms to 'beyond organic'
A San-Francisco based fund aims to target conventional farms and make them sustainable while providing high returns to investors. Can it work? ...
View ArticleThe 'invisible' farmer and the global hunger debate
International development organisations have increasingly sought to incorporate small-scale farmers into the global cash economy as a means to improve household food security and alleviate hunger. that...
View Article2104 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution...
(Source: AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) 2104 African Green Revolution Forum In recent years, annual economic growth in African has been among the strongest in the world, but the...
View ArticleThe food system we choose affects biodiversity: do we want monocultures?...
(Source: Greenpeace International) Article originally published in the Guardian. On today's United Nations biodiversity day, we are being asked to focus on small islands and their unique ecology and...
View ArticleThe Gambia and President Jammeh: a hunger crisis ignored?
President Yahya Jammeh has spent cash on musicians and footballers yet the Gambia is facing a severe food crisis Farmers receive supplies in Jareng village, in the Central River region of the Gambia....
View ArticleFighting World Hunger: Who deserves our praise? (Greenpeace International)
(Source: Greenpeace International) Today is World Food Day, a chance to celebrate the millions of farmers around the world who put food on our tables. Yesterday, some of these farmers were awarded the...
View ArticleSoil power – celebrating World Soil Day (CGIAR - Consultative Group on...
(Source: CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) The crucial - but often undervalued -- role played by soil in improved food security and sustainable intensification is...
View ArticleIs FAO opening a window for ecological farming? (Greenpeace International)
(Source: Greenpeace International) It was an exciting moment for me and a small team of Greenpeace food campaigners to take part in the Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) Agroecology Symposium...
View ArticleVia Campesina and the Fight for Seeds
JAKARTA -- The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Monsanto and its patented seeds last Monday by throwing out a case tirelessly petitioned for by organic farmers. That decision dealt yet another...
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