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Tag Archives: Farming
Helping #China’s smallholder #farmers: Science and Technology Backyards – a short video
Over the past few years I’ve been lucky enough to visit China a number of times – you can see my blogs from these trips here. On a couple of occasions I’ve visited some of China Agricultural University’s Science and … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Farming, food, resource use efficiency, science, smallholder farmers, technology
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Enlightened #Agriculture for a better future – an interview with Colin Tudge
For over 40 years, biologist and writer Colin Tudge has worked on agriculture and biodiversity. In this interview, he discussed what this has taught him about the kind of farming systems we need for a fair and sustainable future. He … Continue reading
From #diet for a small planet, to myths about world #hunger to living democracy and hope – a conversation with Frances Moore Lappé
It was quite fitting that Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) invited Frances Moore Lappé to give a keynote speech at its 2nd birthday party in mid-July. Frances has had a huge impact with her work spanning … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, Farming, food, food security, food system, hope, hunger, poverty, Small Planet Institute, sustainability
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Reducing #farmers’ #fertiliser use in N E #China: students live in villages, do experiments on the farm and support farmers.
I found myself in China again at the end of June taking part in an international workshop and a symposium on Agricultural Development Pathways for Smallholder Farmers in China. It was organised by Professor Fusou Zhang, Director of the Centre … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, China, Farming, food security, Lishu, resource use efficiency, smallholder farmers
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From India’s green to greed to evergreen revolution – M S Swaminathen discusses a lifetime’s work
In 2009, I met M S Swaminathan during a visit to India. A plant genetistist, who was at Cambridge at the same time as Watson and Crick, he is often known as the father of India’s green revolution. A towering … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Biotechnology, climate change, Farming, food security, food system, Green Revolution, hunger, India, M S Swaminathan, patents, poverty, seeds, Soils, sustainability
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Addressing #hunger, #debt, #trade and #finance – a lifetime’s work for Susan George
Susan George has been an indefatigable campaigner for a fairer world all her life. Her first book ‘How the Other Half Dies – the real reasons for world hunger’ published in the mid 1970s was hugely influential on a whole … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, debt, Farming, Finance, food security, food system, hunger, inequality, poverty, power, Susan George, Trade, TTIP, Washington Consensus, World Bank
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#Economics, #climate change and #farming – time to get it right: An interview with Prof Felix Fitzroy
For too long most economists have generally got climate change and farming wrong argues Felix Fitzroy, emeritus professor of economics at the University of St Andrews. In this short interview he explains how he became interested in the connections, the … Continue reading
