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Tag Archives: food security
Seed sovereignty under threat – time to reform seed laws, nationally and internationally, says Dr Clare O’Grady Walshe
Dr Clare O’Grady Walshe studies politics and international relations and wanted to understand the power and political dynamics inherent in changing seed laws, policies, and practices inside countries in the face of globalisation. After a careful study of how the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Interviews
Tagged CBD, Ethiopia, food security, food systems, Globalisation, Kenya, seeds, sovereignty, TRIPS, UPOV
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How do you measure the number of hungry people in the world – and why did the numbers drop by some 130 million between 2018-19?
Although the number of hungry people in the world has been rising for the past 5 years, reaching 690 million in 2019, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2020, that total number shows … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Carlo Cafiero, FAO, food insecurity, food security, hunger, SDGs, ZeroHunger
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Trade Policy, The Right to Food & COVID-19 – and that’s just starters for Michael Fakhri, 4th Rapportuer on the Right to Food
Michael Fakhri was appointed as the UN’s 4th Rapporteur on the Right to Food in May 2020. In this conversation he talks candidly about his initial plans and the impact of COVID-19 on them. His first report, due in September … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Interviews
Tagged Agriculture, FAO, farm workers, farmers, Farming, food exports, food policy, food security, Food Systems Summit, Michael Fakhri, right to food, trade policy, WTO
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It’s time to turn swords into ploughshares, bombs into bread, and soldiers into good Samaritans*
It is blatantly obvious that there is no military response that can defeat the COVID-19 virus. It should be equally obvious that military spending can’t deal with the other two great long-term, slower-acting pandemics – climate change and biodiversity loss. … Continue reading
Posted in Comments
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, COVID-19, environment, food, food security, food systems, Peace
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Food or War: is that the question?
Rather foolishly, when I set up my website some years ago, I wrote that I was thinking of writing a book provisionally entitled Food is a Key to Avoiding World War III. Life has intervened and I haven’t been able … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged environment, food, food security, food system, Julian Cribb, peace & conflict, technology, war
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#Potatoes – Crop of the Future? A discussion with Prof Anton Haverkort
Forty years ago, when I was working in Turkey, I met another young man called Anton Haverkort, just setting out on his career. He grew up on a potato farm in the Netherlands, studied potatoes, and came to Turkey to … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Interviews
Tagged climate change, Farming, food security, genetics, India, plant breeding, potatoes, Russet Burbank, Rwanda
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Resilience in the UK #foodsystem – 4 key questions
Resilience is one of the buzzwords of our times. Having a resilient food system is crucial in the light of climate destabilisation, biodiversity loss, and political changes such as will be brought about by Brexit in the UK. So what … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Reports
Tagged bread, Farming, food security, food system, food systems, Nourish Scotland, resilience, Scotland, UK
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Saving and using Mexico’s fantastic #tomato agricultural #biodiversity
Tomatoes have spread into cuisines around the world but most commercial varieties have a narrow genetic base and only grow well in optimum conditions often in greenhouses. As climate changes and interest in the fruit’s nutritional properties grows, drawing on … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged agrobiodiversity, biodiversity, food security, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Mexico, Tomatoes
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Future #Food #Sustainability and research needs for the UK and EU facing #Brexit?
I was at an horizon scanning workshop organised by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics last week to discuss the future of food sustainability in the UK. It was run under the Chatham House rule, which means you can say things … Continue reading
Real Defence Spending Ensures Good Food for All
Here, I’m reposting a blog I wrote for the Rethinking Security website last week. I argue that there is no security without food security. Meeting the real security needs of humanity necessitates the progressive redistribution of military budgets toward ending … Continue reading →