Cracking some hard nuts by GRAIN | 5 Oct 2007 Seedling - October 2007 Behind the scenes, and together with others, GRAIN has been involved in two projects this year which are now drawing to a close - an external evaluation and a study on whether and how it could be possible to set up a special funding mechanism. Behind the scenes, and together with others, GRAIN has been involved in two projects this year which are now drawing to a close - an external evaluation and a study on whether and how it could be possible to set up a special funding mechanism.
India: Bt cotton devastated by secondary pests by Bhaskar Goswami and Indo-Asian News Agency | 7 Sep 2007 Two articles on how the mealy bug is devastating Bt cotton in India. Two articles on how the mealy bug is devastating Bt cotton in India.
Japan digs its claws into biodiversity through FTAs by GRAIN | 27 Aug 2007 Seeds Japan is increasingly using free trade agreements (FTAs) to tighten corporate control over seeds and other forms of biodiversity that are crucial to food, agriculture and medicine. Two such deals, sealed this month with the Chilean and Indonesian governments, put Japan in the big league of nations using bilateral trade deals to make seed-saving on the farm a thing of the past. Japan is increasingly using free trade agreements (FTAs) to tighten corporate control over seeds and other forms of biodiversity that are crucial to food, agriculture and medicine. Two such deals, sealed this month with the Chilean and Indonesian governments, put Japan in the big league of nations using bilateral trade deals to make seed-saving on the farm a thing of the past.
July 2007 by GRAIN | 30 Jul 2007 Seedling - July 2007 In this special issue of Seedling we focus on agrofuels. Visit the resource page on agrofuels where more information is available: http://www.grain.org/agrofuels In this special issue of Seedling we focus on agrofuels. Visit the resource page on agrofuels where more information is available: http://www.grain.org/agrofuels
Farmyard truths and industry lies by AP Coalition in Defence of Diversity | 30 Jul 2007 AP Coalition in Defence of Diversity responds to claims made by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India about the benefits of Bt cotton. AP Coalition in Defence of Diversity responds to claims made by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India about the benefits of Bt cotton.
In this special agrofuels issue... by GRAIN | 28 Jul 2007 Seedling - July 2007 We are devoting almost all of this edition to a single topic – the rapid expansion of biofuels across much of the globe. Read the editorial. We are devoting almost all of this edition to a single topic – the rapid expansion of biofuels across much of the globe. Read the editorial.