Tag Archives: access to food

Call for articles: Nutritional values and family farming

Posted on June 16, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on AGRICULTURE BLOG…..:
Farming Matters | 30.2 | June 2014 We are told of the great advances that have been made in ‘modern’ agriculture in the last 60 years. Yet there are more hungry and malnourished people on…

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Revisiting the “eat local” Idea

Posted on June 15, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on Thought + Food:
I just came across this review of a book called “The Locavore’s Delusion”, and yes, it is a nod to that other book, in case you were wondering! The authors of the book tried to…

Posted in food, knowledge transfer | Tagged access to food, biotechnology, climate-ready crop, flood, food, food availability, food quality, food safety, food security, food sovereignty, genetic modification, grain, grocery, local breed, local community, local variety, marker assisted selection, plant_monocot, Scuba rice, selective breeding, staple food, sustainable, trade, transport | 3 Comments

It’s 2014, So Why Are So Many People Still Hungry? Part 2

Posted on March 24, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on ZombieChicken.org:
Read Part 1 of this article here. The Root Causes The food emergency is an indication of a food framework in emergency. Terrible climate, high oil costs, agrofuels, and hypothesis are just the proximate reason…

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It’s 2014, So Why Are So Many People Still Hungry? Part 1

Posted on March 24, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on ZombieChicken.org:
Read Part 2 of this article here. The planet prepares enough food to sustain everybody. The horticulture industry prepares 17 percent more calories for every individual today than it did 30 years prior, notwithstanding a…

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Biodiversity for food security and nutrition

Posted on February 22, 2014 by argylesock

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) gives us this neat summary of why biodiversity is key to sustainable, efficient, resilient and nutritious food production. CBD says that food security depends on these: – Physical availability of food – Economic and … Continue reading →

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Delivering food security through international trade

Posted on February 1, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
When discussing global food security, the issues of access and availability commonly come up. As One Billion Hungry examines, we currently produce enough food to feed the world, although…

Posted in food, money and trade | Tagged access to food, aid, development, farmer, food security, food sovereignty, population, poverty, prosperity, trade | 1 Comment

The Quinoa Challenge (and Other Food Dilemmas)

Posted on January 26, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
An interesting report in the Guardian last week highlighted the implications of the increasing global demand for quinoa. The story notes that as demand for Quinua real (royal quinoa) has increased, Bolivian consumers, for…

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Food sovereignty: the next big idea

Posted on December 27, 2013 by argylesock

The Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) shows us an article by Raj Patel. Mr Patel says that ‘food sovereignty’ is the next big idea. My fellow blogger Noah Zerbe at Global Food Politics explains the difference between … Continue reading →

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Remember the forgotten crops

Posted on December 24, 2013 by argylesock

This is my 1000th post on this blog. My 500th is here. I use my 1000th post to honour Monkombu Swaminathan, the scientist known as Father of the Green Revolution in India. Here’s an interview with Fred Pearce at Bioversity … Continue reading →

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Green Rush to carve up Africa

Posted on December 19, 2013 by argylesock

‘There is a gold rush happening in Ethiopia, but it’s not a hunt for the yellow metal. It’s a quest for the green gold of fertile farmland.’ So says Richard Schiffman at Farmland Grab. ‘A nation more associated with periodic … Continue reading →

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