Peasants' Rights and Seeds: What's at Stake for Europe

A report on the European Seminar on Seeds, held in Poitiers, France, November 2005. It contains the workshop results and proposals on: Access to and management of biodiversity; Obstacles in norms and marketing; Research and production methods, and Contamination of seeds by GMOs.

A report on the European Seminar on Seeds, held in Poitiers, France, November 2005. It contains the workshop results and proposals on: Access to and management of biodiversity; Obstacles in norms and marketing; Research and production methods, and Contamination of seeds by GMOs.

The top-down global response to bird flu

The global response to bird flu is devastating small farmers and biodiversity. A new report from GRAIN looks at the power politics behind this global response and its consequences for the poor. The report, building on a previous GRAIN briefing on bird flu from March 2006, finds that the agencies of the United Nations at the forefront of the international response to the virus, the World Health Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, are pursuing top-down strategies for wiping out bird flu that in-turn are wiping out the foundations for long term, pro-poor solutions in the process.

The global response to bird flu is devastating small farmers and biodiversity. A new report from GRAIN looks at the power politics behind this global response and its consequences for the poor. The report, building on a previous GRAIN briefing on bird flu from March 2006, finds that the agencies of the United Nations at the forefront of the international response to the virus, the World Health Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, are pursuing top-down strategies for wiping out bird flu that in-turn are wiping out the foundations for long term, pro-poor solutions in the process.