Tag Archives: Agriculture

Devinder Sharma on the devastation faced by Indian farmers and a potential solution

Posted on 29 November 2023 by Geoff Tansey

Dr Devinder Sharma is an Indian food and trade policy analyst. He trained as an agricultural scientist (he holds a Master’s in Plant Breeding & Genetics), became a journalist then left to research on policy issues concerning sustainable agriculture, biodiversity … Continue reading →

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Food summits, policies and ethics – from 1974 to 2021 and beyond

Posted on 3 November 2023 by Geoff Tansey

When I was asked to speak at the third Turkish Agricultural and Food Ethics Association’s 3rd Congress in 2021 I looked back on 50 years of working on different aspects of the food system. I discussed some of the major … Continue reading →

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The multiple roles for agriculture, forestry and other land use change in mitigating climate change – findings from latest IPCC report, interview with Dr Jo House

Posted on 8 April 2022 by Geoff Tansey

The latest almost 3000 page full report on Mitigation of Climate Change from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just landed. Here Dr Jo House, Reader in Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Bristol, and a … Continue reading →

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Cutting the harms #agriculture does, GHG emissions and increasing #resilience – some key priorities for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Posted on 1 February 2022 by Geoff Tansey

The US-based, non-profit Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has aimed to foster sustainable rural communities and regions for over 30 years. Here, its Executive Director, Dr Sophia Murphy outlines their key priorities. These include cutting the harm industrial agriculture … Continue reading →

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Stop eating to extinction and maintain food biodiversity says Dan Saladino

Posted on 29 October 2021 by Geoff Tansey

Dan Saladino’s written an engrossing account of some of the world’s rarest foods in ‘Eating to Extinction: The world’s Rarest Food and Why We Need to Save Them‘. In this conversation he discusses why, tells some of the stories and … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability and resilience of Pacific Island food systems in the face of climate change

Posted on 10 September 2021 by Geoff Tansey

I’m grateful to an old Fijian friend of mine for linking me up with Dr Mary Taylor. She was a lead editor for an exhaustive 573 page book on the ‘Vulnerability of Pacific Island agriculture and forestry to climate change’. … Continue reading →

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Four key words for the UN #FoodSystems Summit – power, control, risks, benefits.

Posted on 30 July 2021 by Geoff Tansey

There’s a veritable avalanche of reports, webinars and meetings around food systems at the moment. From the locally focussed National Food Strategy for England and Proposals for Sustainable Food Systems in Ireland (download report here), to the UN Food and … Continue reading →

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Clean drinking #water and safe #sanitation are essential parts of healthy #food systems

Posted on 2 July 2021 by Geoff Tansey

While COVID-19 has focussed attention on lack of clean water for millions people to wash their hands, clean water and proper sanitation are also essential for healthy food and farming. Here, Rick Johnston from the World Health Organisation explains the … Continue reading →

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Safeguarding biodiversity for food and agriculture needed urgently

Posted on 22 June 2021 by Geoff Tansey

Global biodiversity is severely threatened, including that which we depend upon for food, Continue reading →

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We need a small farm future argues Chris Smaje

Posted on 17 December 2020 by Geoff Tansey

In this interview, Chris Smaje discusses his book ‘A Small Farm Future: making the case for a society built around local economies self-provisioning agricultural diversity and a shared earth’. He argues that multiple connected crises facing humanity require a rethink … Continue reading →

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