US company looking to farm rice in Nigeria and Tanzania left trail of devastation in Kenya by Transient Pictures | 7 Sep 2011 Kenya | land grabbing The people living on the lands now being targetted by US-owned Dominion Farms can learn a lot from the film Good Fortune, which provides a behind-the-scenes account of the struggle of a local community in Kenya to defend their lands from this company. Here are a few clips from the film. The people living on the lands now being targetted by US-owned Dominion Farms can learn a lot from the film Good Fortune, which provides a behind-the-scenes account of the struggle of a local community in Kenya to defend their lands from this company. Here are a few clips from the film.
Syngenta draws on funds from the Indian government to promote its hybrid rice seeds and pesticides by | 29 Aug 2011 hybrid rice | India An article in domain-b is reporting that the Swiss seeds and pesticide giant Syngenta will be drawing on funds from the Indian government for the promotion of its hybrid rice seeds and pesticides. An article in domain-b is reporting that the Swiss seeds and pesticide giant Syngenta will be drawing on funds from the Indian government for the promotion of its hybrid rice seeds and pesticides.
Declaraction of Nyeleni Europe 2011 by | 22 Aug 2011 food sovereignty | actions Collective statement produced by the 400 participants of the European Forum for Food Sovereignty, held in Krems, Austria, from 16 to 21 August 2011. Collective statement produced by the 400 participants of the European Forum for Food Sovereignty, held in Krems, Austria, from 16 to 21 August 2011.
India’s role in the new global farmland grab by Rick Rowden | 19 Aug 2011 India New report by Rick Rowden provides a detailed examination of the role of the Indian government and Indian companies engaged in overseas agricultural land acquisitions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. New report by Rick Rowden provides a detailed examination of the role of the Indian government and Indian companies engaged in overseas agricultural land acquisitions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Nigerian farmer leader talks about resistance to land grabs by GRAIN | 11 Aug 2011 Interview with Olaseinde Makanjuola Arigbede of the United Small and Medium scale Farmers' Associations of Nigeria (USMEFAN) Interview with Olaseinde Makanjuola Arigbede of the United Small and Medium scale Farmers' Associations of Nigeria (USMEFAN)
The authoritarian face of the “Green Revolution”: Rwanda capitulates to agribusiness by Manuel Milz | 8 Aug 2011 technologies Researcher Manuel Milz takes an in-depth look at the “green revolution” programme that the Government of Rwanda launched in 2007. Milz finds that the programme's coercive transformation of agriculture has failed to improve the lives of the vast majority of the country's peasants, while dramatically increasing the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers. Researcher Manuel Milz takes an in-depth look at the “green revolution” programme that the Government of Rwanda launched in 2007. Milz finds that the programme's coercive transformation of agriculture has failed to improve the lives of the vast majority of the country's peasants, while dramatically increasing the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers.
Cargill recalls 36 million pounds of contaminated ground meat in the US after one person dies and at least 80 others badly sickened by IBTimes | 5 Aug 2011 corporations Cargill and US government regulators became aware of the contamination at least five months ago. Cargill and US government regulators became aware of the contamination at least five months ago.
Biodiversidad - Ene 2011 25 Jul 2011 Leer editorial, y bajar numero completo (pdf) Leer editorial, y bajar numero completo (pdf)
Speculation drove wheat prices up while supply expanded by The Real News Network | 22 Jul 2011 food crisis | corporations Jayati Ghosh on how speculation, concentration of ownership and hoarding creates food price bubbles Jayati Ghosh on how speculation, concentration of ownership and hoarding creates food price bubbles
World Bank told to stop lending to land grabbers by | 10 Jul 2011 actions | land grabbing The World Bank is considering a loan of up US$30 million to help Calyx Agro expand its operations in Latin America. An open letter denounces the Bank for its on-going support to other leading investors involved in land grabbing around the world. The World Bank is considering a loan of up US$30 million to help Calyx Agro expand its operations in Latin America. An open letter denounces the Bank for its on-going support to other leading investors involved in land grabbing around the world.
On Bill Gates, trains and fertilizers by Brewster Kneen | 8 Jul 2011 Canada | corporations A brilliant comment by Brewster Kneen in the Rams Horm on how Bill Gates makes money from increased fertilizer use by investing in trains. A brilliant comment by Brewster Kneen in the Rams Horm on how Bill Gates makes money from increased fertilizer use by investing in trains.
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Hybrid rice suffers severe blow as ‘choosy’ consumers prefer HYV by Financial Express | 20 Jun 2011 Bangladesh | technologies | hybrid rice The Financial Express reports on how farmers in Bangladesh are dumping hybridrice because of the poor sale price and says the burgeoning seed industry faces a crisis. The Financial Express reports on how farmers in Bangladesh are dumping hybridrice because of the poor sale price and says the burgeoning seed industry faces a crisis.
Pension funds: key players in the global farmland grab by GRAIN | 20 Jun 2011 Land Large scale agricultural land acquisitions are generating conflicts and controversies around the world. A growing body of reports show that these projects are bad for local communities and that they promote the wrong kind of agriculture for a world in the grips of serious food and environmental crises. Yet funds continue to flow to overseas farmland like iron to a magnet. Why? Because of the financial returns. And some of the biggest players looking to profit from farmland are pension funds, with billions of dollars invested. Large scale agricultural land acquisitions are generating conflicts and controversies around the world. A growing body of reports show that these projects are bad for local communities and that they promote the wrong kind of agriculture for a world in the grips of serious food and environmental crises. Yet funds continue to flow to overseas farmland like iron to a magnet. Why? Because of the financial returns. And some of the biggest players looking to profit from farmland are pension funds, with billions of dollars invested.
The food and climate connection by | 25 May 2011 food crisis | climate crisis | United States A great 10 minute video from Whyhunger explaining how the current food system is one of the main drivers behind the climate crisis, and how food sovereignty can be a major solution. A perspective from the USA. A great 10 minute video from Whyhunger explaining how the current food system is one of the main drivers behind the climate crisis, and how food sovereignty can be a major solution. A perspective from the USA.