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Tag Archives: access to land
Food security and biofuels
Biofuels are renewable because they’re made from plants or animals, which grow. But sometimes biofuels are produced in ways that are not sustainable. Hungry people sometimes pay the cost. Can food security and biofuels go hand in hand? Today Léna … Continue reading
Posted in food, knowledge transfer, money and trade, weather and climate
Tagged access to land, algae, biodiversity, biofuel, climate, development, export, farmer, fire, food security, knowledge, land grab, land use, law, livestock, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, politics, poverty, prosperity, tillage, trade, tradition, waste, water
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Food sovereignty: the next big idea
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
Green Rush to carve up Africa
‘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
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged access to food, access to land, agroecology, banana, biofuel, cacao, coffee, crop, development, export, farmer, food security, fruit, grain, history, knowledge, land grab, legume, palm, palm oil, pastoral, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, rice, smallholder, soya, staple food, sustainable, trade, wheat
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When it comes to food, technology won’t save us
argylesock says… Food security isn’t all about GM (genetic modification, GE) and other kinds of biotech. But those can help.
Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture, knowledge transfer
Tagged access to land, agroecology, biofuel, biotechnology, cattle, crop, development, feed, food, food security, food waste, fuel, genetic modification, laboratory, livestock, mammal, marker assisted selection, meat, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, population, poverty, research, ruminant, vertebrate
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The G8′s great land-grab
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged access to land, development, education, farmer, land, land grab, land use, pastoral, politics, poverty
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U.S., Malaysia Lead Worldwide ‘Land Grabs’
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
By Stephen Leahy Uxbridge — Africa is the main target for “land grabs” by foreign investors, according to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world released Monday. “Africa is the place for cheap…
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged access to land, development, education, farmer, land, land grab, land use, pastoral, politics, poverty
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British allotments’ history
Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
This video from Britain says about itself: The English Enclosures July 19, 2011 The devastating enclosures of the English commons forced peasants into the labour market and the factories of the industrial revolution.…
Posted in horticulture
Tagged access to land, allotment, culture, food, garden, gardener, history, land use, tradition
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World Bank Group: Access to Land is Critical for the Poor
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 – As the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty convened this week in Washington, DC, The World Bank Group issued the following statement: By 2050, the world will have…
Posted in food
Tagged access to land, development, food, land grab, politics, population, poverty, waste, woman
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‘Green land grabs’: Livestock herders access to rangelands is being lost for conservation purposes
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Serengeti tree (photo credit: Jeff Haskins). ‘In the great plains of northern Tanzania, close to the world-famous Serengeti National Park, a bitter row has broken out over an attempt to designate 1,500sqkm of Loliondo District…
Posted in agriculture, ecology
Tagged access to land, development, dryland, land grab, land use, pastoral, pasture, politics, poverty, wildlife
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Cash crops vs cattle pastures: Converting pastoral lands into irrigated croplands in Africa benefits few
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Ethiopian rangeland (photo credit: ILRI/Dave Elsworth). ‘Cotton, sugar, palm oil… you name it. Most governments in the developing world believe such plantation cash crops must be a better use of land, and must deliver greater…
Posted in agriculture, ecology, money and trade
Tagged access to land, Africa, cash crop, cattle, crop, development, dryland, grassland, irrigation, land grab, land use, livestock, mammal, pastoral, pasture, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, ruminant, trade, vertebrate
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