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Tag Archives: land grab
Biofortified GM bananas
James Dale is a scientist at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT, Australia). His lab has developed a genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered) banana (Musa × paradisiaca) rich in ‘pro-vitamin A’. Here’s the QUT report. This is the ‘super banana’ … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture, knowledge transfer
Tagged Africa, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, Asia, banana, banana Cavendish, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, biodiversity, biofortification, biotechnology, breeding, carotenoid, child, conservation, cotton, crop diversity, crop variety, development, East African cooking banana, food security, food sovereignty, fruit, fruit variety, gene, gene gun, genetic modification, iron, land grab, local variety, marker assisted backcrossing, micronutrient, Monsanto, nutrition, patent, plantain, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, poverty, pro-vitamin A, Provit Banana, research, rice, Scuba rice, seed, soya, staple food, super banana, tissue culture, trade, Vitamin A
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Invest More in Agriculture Not Industries
Originally posted on Foundation for Young Farmers:
A very appropriate theme when Africa is rising, was one of my first thoughts. Participants were researchers, academics, policymakers from the UN, AU, governments and NGOs as well as people like me who…
Posted in agriculture
Tagged Africa, Asia, city, development, Green Revolution, land grab, politics, poverty, prosperity, rural, smallholder, young person
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The Value of Soil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=403sT9CGRl0 A clever little film from the ELD Initiative (http://eld-initiative.org/) on the value of soil and the reasons why we should be pursuing sustainable land management systems.
Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, horticulture, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged conservation, land grab, land use, soil, sustainable
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Western corporations carve up Africa
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
. A newly released report reveals how the British and American governments are facilitating the corporate takeover of African food systems. Campaigners protest outside the UK Department for International Development. Photo: WDM . Huge tracts of…
Posted in food, money and trade
Tagged Africa, America, Europe, land grab, Monsanto, New Alliance, politics, poverty, trade
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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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Land grabbing
Pascal Liu at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tells us that land grabbing is on the increase. In this hungry world, with populations rising, Mr Liu says that people with money should work with resource-poor farmers. Not just exploit … Continue reading
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Tagged development, education, farmer, finance, food, food security, food sovereignty, land grab, politics, population, poverty, smallholder, trade, war
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G8 and tragedy of Africa
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
DON’T SELL OUT ETHIOPIA! HOLD YOUR GROUND! Author: Latha Jishnu The white man’s burden never eases. Long after the sun set on colonial empires, the rich nations of the world who make the G8, the…
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Tagged Africa, development, farmer, food, history, knowledge, land grab, politics, poverty, seed, trade
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Agroecology Is Not For Sale!
Originally posted on The Noah Project:
The International Commision on Sustainable Peasant Agriculture’s booklet From Maputo to Jakarta. 5 Years of Agroecology in La Vía Campesina was made available to the delegates of the Sixth Annual Conference of the LVC as…
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Tagged agroecology, biodiversity, conservation, crop variety, farmer, food, knowledge, land grab, land use, peasant, politics, smallholder
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