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Our seed, our sovereignty - seed law victory in Indonesia 22 Aug 2013 | 10:33 am
Since 2005, 14 farmer breeders in East Java have been prosecuted for "stealing seed" from corporations. But a judicial review by Indonesia's constitutional court has just found key parts of the law us...
Africa’s food sovereignty under attack by corporate Interests 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Africa’s diversity and knowledge systems are being threatened by corporate and genetically modified (GM) seeds, agro-chemicals, resource grabs and laws that prevent farmers from freely using, sharing ...
Our Coming Food Crisis 24 Jul 2013 | 01:16 pm
So you thought that the climate crisis will mostly affect poor farmers in the tropics? Here's a sobering account in the New York Times on what's happing to farmers in the US South West, by Gary Nabhan...
Calling in the corporates 11 Jul 2013 | 08:58 pm
The latest issue of Frontline magazine focuses on the push to expand corporate agriculture in India.
"From planting to plate" 10 Jul 2013 | 05:56 pm
The Let's Liberate Diversity! Forum is an annual gathering of farmers, seed-savers and groups from all across Europe who are working on bringing agricultural biodiversity to life on farms and in garde...
Bubble bursts on next generation biofuels 9 Jul 2013 | 09:14 pm
Investments in next generation biofuels have shrunk from a high of US$7.6 billion in the last quarter of 2007 to US$57 million in the 1st quarter of 2013, leaving future demand to continue being met b...
US Embassy must be open and transparent on GMO debate in Ghana 9 Jul 2013 | 04:59 pm
Following our call for a moratorium on genetically modified foods and crops in Ghana, Food Sovereignty Ghana has received an invitation from the US Embassy in Accra to a CLOSED DOOR “Roundtable Discus...
Global threat to food supply as water wells dry up, warns top environment expert 8 Jul 2013 | 12:24 pm
Grain harvests are already shrinking as US, India and China come close to 'peak water', says the Global Policy Institute's Lester Brown
The United Republic of Soybeans: Take Two 3 Jul 2013 | 02:45 am
“The United Republic of Soybeans.” That’s the patronizing moniker given to the entire Southern Cone − comprising the countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia − by the Syngenta Co...
Choice of Monsanto Betrays World Food Prize Purpose, Say Global Leaders 27 Jun 2013 | 07:40 pm
In honoring the seed biotechnology industry, this year's World Food Prize -- to many, the most prestigious prize in food and agriculture -- betrays the award's own mandate to emphasize "the importance...
