TRADE AND HUNGER

A new report finds that so-called 'free' trade as promoted by the World Trade Organisation benefits only the rich, while making the poor more vulnerable to food insecurity.

A new report finds that so-called 'free' trade as promoted by the World Trade Organisation benefits only the rich, while making the poor more vulnerable to food insecurity.

POTATO: THE NEW GLOBAL TRAVELLER

Traditionally grown for domestic markets, the meteoric rise of the fast-food industry is increasing global demand and turning the potato into a big export commodity for the seed companies .

Traditionally grown for domestic markets, the meteoric rise of the fast-food industry is increasing global demand and turning the potato into a big export commodity for the seed companies .