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Tag Archives: food security
How the #commodities casino creates #hunger and unrest – an interview with Alan Bjerga
Earlier this summer a group of northern universities – the n8 – launched their agrifood strategy in Manchester. One of the speakers was Alan Bjerga, who writes about food and commodities for Bloomberg News. He is also author of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Bjerga, commodities, food security, food system, hunger
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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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Seeing Brexit from China – where #food and #foodsecurity matters greatly
Jet-lagged and Brexit shocked, I’m trying to readjust after returning from a week’s visit to China. The shock began as I got up at 4.30am on Friday June 24th to hear the referendum result, then left for Beijing arriving there … Continue reading
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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Concentration and Power in the #Food System: Who Controls What We Eat
For years Phil Howard has been proving that a picture is worth a thousand words – or more – with his visualisations of food industry structures. These reveal the growing concentration and connections between the ever fewer firms that control … Continue reading
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Tagged Concentration ratios, dairy, food security, food system, livestock, organic, Phil Howard, pork, seeds, soy milk, soybeans, standards, Supermarkets, USA
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