Tag Archives: aid

The new scramble for Africa (part 1)

Posted on June 20, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
. With the African continent home to the majority of the world’s fastest-growing economies, urban consumer markets and a wealth of natural resources, it’s perhaps not surprising that some of the world’s largest corporations, from Monsanto…

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How to end poverty?

Posted on February 17, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on Otrazhenie:
I was always wondering about the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity. More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? As J.W. Smith points it, with the…

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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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Family farming

Posted on January 19, 2014 by argylesock

2014 is the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). It’s so named by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and supported by over 360 civil society and farmers’ organisations including the World Rural Forum. The IYFF follows the … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture | Tagged aid, biodiversity, cash crop, crop diversity, development, family farm, farmer, food, food security, food sovereignty, gardener, politics, poverty, prosperity, pseudocereal, quinoa, smallholder | 1 Comment

Where the quinoa went

Posted on January 7, 2014 by argylesock

Charlie Haynes at the Annals of Botany blog discusses the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s Year of Quinoa. That year was all about rediscovering the neglected crop called quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa). Quinoa is a pseudocereal. The Year of Quinoa … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, human health, money and trade | Tagged aid, cash crop, crop, crop diversity, food, food security, food sovereignty, fruit, grain, neglected crop, nutrition, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, poverty, protein, pseudocereal, quinoa, smallholder, staple food, trade, vegetable, wheat | 4 Comments

Rice after Haiyan

Posted on November 13, 2013 by argylesock

A few days after Typhoon Haiyan flattened most of the Philippines, the horror is very present. Emergency help is too little, too late for many people. Some blame climate change. Some think the disaster is being used as an excuse to … Continue reading →

Posted in food, human health, money and trade, weather and climate | Tagged academia, access to food, aid, Asia, biotechnology, climate, development, food, gene, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, human, International Rice Research Institute, nutrition, plant_monocot, research, rice, staple food, trade, weather | 2 Comments

All you need is aid

Posted on June 11, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Progressive Development Forum:
And so it came to pass. The resounding message coming out of this weekend’s hunger summit and IF campaign event was exactly as predicted: more charity is needed to solve Africa’s problems, not structural…

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IF campaign continues to put the pressure on

Posted on June 11, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Green Living London:
The Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign is far from over. It was a great day in Hyde Park and you can join the campaign at http://enoughfoodif.org

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Separating the grains from the chaff, and all the pests that move with it

Posted on April 20, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… People need food. In a crisis, food aid can save lives. But sometimes, food transport has huge consequences which can’t be reversed.

Posted in agriculture, food | Tagged aid, alien species, arachnid, arthropod, disease, food, grain, insect, invasive species, invertebrate, pest, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, poverty, trade, transport | Leave a comment