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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture (2017)
- Agroecology and Women's Empowerment Essential to End Malnutrition
(28 Dec 17)
- Mainstreaming Agrobiodiversity in Sustainable Food Systems
(26 Dec 17)
- Organic Farming Can Feed the World, But Only If We Cut Meat Consumption and Food Waste
(20 Dec 17)
- Investments in Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture Best Way to Reduce Hunger and Poverty
(19 Dec 17)
- Declaration on "The Role of Agroecology on the Future of Agriculture and the Food System"
(18 Dec 17)
- CSOs disappointed over MC11 failure to deliver on PSH, development
by Kanaga Raja (15 Dec 17)
- US blocks outcomes, collapsing WTO ministerial conference like house of cards
by D. Ravi Kanth (15 Dec 17)
- The Agrifood Atlas: The Rapidly-Growing Control of Agri-Corporations
(15 Dec 17)
- Argentina: Debate on glyphosate use comes to a head
by IPS/Daniel Gutman (14 Dec 17)
- CSOs deeply disappointed with MC11 draft agriculture text of 12 December
(14 Dec 17)
- US NO to improving PSH peace clause, MC11 inching to collapse
by D. Ravi Kanth (13 Dec 17)
- G33 call for strong outcome on PSH and SSM
by D. Ravi Kanth (12 Dec 17)
- India for strong outcome on permanent solution on PSH programs
by D. Ravi Kanth (12 Dec 17)
- Draft decision on fisheries subsidies goes to MC11
by Kanaga Raja (08 Dec 17)
- World food import bill set to rise this year, says FAO
by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 17)
- European Commission Has Legal Obligation to Block Bayer-Monsanto Merger, Says Study
Item 1: BRIEFING: COMMISSION MUST BLOCK BAYER-MONSANTO MERGER, SAYS UCL LEGAL STUDY
Item 2: BLOCK BAYER-MONSANTO MERGER, SAYS MAJOR NEW LEGAL STUDY
(29 Nov 17)
- Peasants not Food Corporations Feed the World
(27 Nov 17)
- Pesticides Driving Mass Extinction in the Anthropocene
(22 Nov 17)
- Plant Treaty to Address Genetic Sequence Information
by Edward Hammond (21 Nov 17)
- Agriculture: Talks in final stretch with limited time before MC11, says Chair
by Kanaga Raja (20 Nov 17)
- Rolling Back the Tide of Pesticide Poison, Corruption and Looming Mass Extinction
by Colin Todhunter (17 Nov 17)
- Appeal to sign petition against golf course project
(13 Nov 17)
- No consensus on proposed MC11 decision on pesticide residues
by Kanaga Raja (13 Nov 17)
- US addressing outcome on PSH at MC11
by D. Ravi Kanth (13 Nov 17)
- Food Sovereignty of Peasants Essential to Sustaining Agricultural Biodiversity
(06 Nov 17)
- Organic Soils Store More Carbon Than Conventional Soils
Item 1: Breakthrough study shows organic cuts agriculture's contribution to climate change
Item 2: Sequestered organic matter contents of conventional and organic farm soils
(03 Nov 17)
- Key Messages from Agroecology Session at G-STIC 2017
(02 Nov 17)
- No convergence on PSH or domestic support reduction
by D. Ravi Kanth (01 Nov 17)
- Sequence Information: A Pressing Concern for the Seed Treaty
by Edward Hammond (30 Oct 17)
- Moves for permanent solution for PSH for MC11 ministers
by D. Ravi Kanth (26 Oct 17)
- Indonesian measures on chicken from Brazil held WTO-illegal
by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 17)
- Commodities: Diversifying exports, upgrading quality key to less volatility
by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 17)
- Not True That Hunger Doesn't Discriminate - It Does
by IPS/Baher Kamal (20 Oct 17)
- New 'vertical' text on fisheries, assessment by Rules Chair
by Kanaga Raja (19 Oct 17)
- US NO to Cotton-four, but China-India Welcome Proposal
by D. Ravi Kanth (19 Oct 17)
- Women Pivotal to Addressing Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty
by IPS/Lakshmi Puri (17 Oct 17)
- NEW REPORT - Expert Panel Sounds the Alarm on Mega-mergers and Calls for Urgent Review
(13 Oct 17)
- NEW REPORT: 'An Overwhelming Case for Action' - Expert Panel Identifies Unacceptable Toll of Food and Farming Systems on Human Health
(10 Oct 17)
- New UN Report on Nutrition and Food Systems
(06 Oct 17)
- World Hunger Increasing for First Time Since Turn of the Century
by Shelley Connor (25 Sept 17)
- GM Crops Won't Feed the Hungry, But Agroecology Will
(25 Sept 17)
- "Will not pay for mandated permanent solution for PSH", insist G33
by D. Ravi Kanth (21 Sept 17)
- Agriculture: No credible outcomes likely at MC11 on domestic support
by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Sept 17)
- How Some African Farmers are Responding to Climate Change - and What Can We Learn From Them
by Geoffrey Kamadi (12 Sept 17)
- Food Security - PSH a priority, but several caveats need solutions
by D. Ravi Kanth (11 Sept 17)
- This is How Indigenous Peoples Help Curb Gas Emissions, End Hunger
(14 Aug 17)
- A People's Food Policy for England
(07 Aug 17)
- Market-Based Solutions Insufficient to Meet Food Security Needs Equitably
(03 Aug 17)
- The Poison Papers Expose Decades of Collusion between Industry and Regulators over Hazardous Pesticides and Other Chemicals
(31 Jul 17)
- South Call for Credible Results, Including on PSH & SSM at MC11
by D. Ravi Kanth (28 Jul 17)
- The High Costs of Pesticides to Society
(26 Jul 17)
- Brazil Joins Hands with EU, Strikes Death Blow to G20
by D. Ravi Kanth (24 Jul 17)
- RCEP Impacts on Food and Agriculture
(19 Jul 17)
- Agroecology Builds Climate Resilience in India
(17 Jul 17)
- Reclaiming Policies for the Public
(12 Jul 17)
- EU and Brazil Oppose End to "Green Box" Cotton Payments
by D. Ravi Kanth (12 Jul 17)
- Prospects for any Doha agri accords at MC11 bleak
by D. Ravi Kanth (03 Jul 17)
- In-Situ Seed Conservation, Agroecology and Eliminating Food Waste are Better Solutions
(20 Jun 17)
- Land and the Right to Food in Zambia
by Timothy Wise (20 Jun 17)
- World food import bill to rise by over 10% this year
by Kanaga Raja (19 Jun 17)
- South stress food security and SSM outcomes at MC11
by Kanaga Raja (14 Jun 17)
- What Makes Urban Food Policy Happen
(13 Jun 17)
- Neonicotinoid Seed Coatings Unnecessary, Ineffective and Harmful
Item 1: Landmark Report Shows Bee-Killing Seed Coatings Aren't Worth The Harm by Center for Food Safety
Item 2: Alternatives To Neonicotinoid Insecticide-Coated Corn Seed: Agroecological Methods Are Better For Farmers And The Environment by Doug Gurian-Sherman
(07 Jun 17)
- Permanent solution for PSH seems unlikely at MC11
by D. Ravi Kanth (02 Jun 17)
- Sewing Connections for Living Seeds
(31 May 17)
- Dr Tedros of Ethiopia elected as new WHO DG
by Kanaga Raja (29 May 17)
- Positions Unchanged on Public Stockholding, SSM, HOD Told
by Kanaga Raja (16 May 17)
- Cutting Industrial Meat and Dairy Production Essential to Tackling Climate Crisis
by GRAIN & IATP (15 May 17)
- The Deep Roots of the Agroecological Movement in Latin America and Spain
by Steve Gliessman (12 May 17)
- Getting Serious About Fighting Hunger
by Juliette Leroux & Jacques Caplat (11 May 17)
- Agri Mega-Mergers Will Entrench Industrial Food Systems and Negative Impacts
Item 1: The Three Agricultural Input Mega-Mergers: Grim Reapers Of South Africa's Food And Farming Systems
Item 2: Why India's Competition Commission Must Stop The Dow And Dupont Merger by Shalini Bhutani
(09 May 17)
- G33 Insist on Unambiguous Outcomes at MC11 on Food Security
by D. Ravi Kanth (28 Apr 17)
- Trump's first 100 days - a serious cause for concern
by IPS/Martin Khor (26 Apr 17)
- Agroecology a Key Component of China's New 'Ecological Civilization'
(26 Apr 17)
- US blocks Indian compliance panel request
by D. Ravi Kanth (25 Apr 17)
- Seeds of Climate Resilience in Mozambique
(20 Apr 17)
- The Time is Ripe for Governments to Strengthen Sustainable and Food-Secure Farming
(11 Apr 17)
- UPOV - Symposium Reveals Conflict in Interrelations Between UPOV and ITPGRFA; UPOV To Consider Proposals
by Sangeeta Shashikant (06 Apr 17)
- Pesticides can be Reduced Without Negatively Affecting Productivity or Profitability
(28 Mar 17)
- Challenges for Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century
Item 1: The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges
Item 2: Humankind's ability to feed itself, now in jeopardy
(23 Mar 17)
- Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes Must Cover All Developing Countries, Not Country-Specific
by D. Ravi Kanth (23 Mar 17)
- Agroecology is the True Future of Africa's Food Systems
Item 1: Addis Ababa declaration on agroecology, ecological organic agriculture and food sovereignty: The way forward for nutrition and health in Africa
Item 2: Moving forward strategically towards sustainable, just and nutritious food systems in Africa
(20 Mar 17)
- Choosing the Transformative Agroecological Paradigm
(14 Mar 17)
- Ugly dance of global hegemon, source of concern and confusion
by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Mar 17)
- DivSeek internal emails released, insights into controversial agricultural "Big Data" project
by Edward Hammond (13 Mar 17)
- How Agroecology Can Achieve Sustainable Development in the Global South
by Edward Hammond (10 Mar 17)
- IRRI Seeks Patents on Yield-Boosting Gene Taken from Indonesian Farmers' Rice
by Edward Hammond (10 Mar 17)
- UN report: Pesticides detrimental to the rights to food and health, agroecology needed instead
Item 1: Report of the special rapporteur on the right to food (excerpts only)
Item 2: UN experts denounce 'myth' pesticides are necessary to feed the world
(08 Mar 17)
- South Stress on Public Stockholding, SSM, S&D, Development
by Kanaga Raja (01 Mar 17)
- Agroecology: The Bold Future of Farming in Africa
(23 Feb 17)
- Industrial Meat and Dairy Production Driving Deforestation and Climate Change
Item 1: What's at steak? The real cost of meat
by Global Forest Coalition
Item 2: Grabbing the bull by the horns: It’s time to cut industrial meat and dairy to save the climate
by GRAIN
(17 Feb 17)
- Bayer-Monsanto Merger: An Existential Threat to South Africa¹s Food System
(14 Feb 17)
- Cuba: Seeds are key to improving bean production
by IPS/Ivet Gonzalez (13 Feb 17)
- Native seeds sustain semi-arid Northeast region
by IPS/Mario Osava (08 Feb 17)
- Global day of action against Roche's inhumanity
(07 Feb 17)
- United Nations: S-G calls for lifting of Trump's US travel ban
by Kanaga Raja (07 Feb 17)
- US travel ban breaches Rights obligations, say UN experts
by Kanaga Raja (07 Feb 17)
- Against the Odds, Smallholder Farmers Maintain Agricultural Biodiversity in South Africa
(06 Feb 17)
- Agroecological Systems Are Resilient - Industrial Monocultures Are Not
Item 1: The increasingly shaky foundations of industrial agriculture
Item 2: Modern agriculture cultivates Climate Change – We must nurture biodiversity
by Olivier De Schutter and Emile Frison
(03 Feb 17)
- Shocks for Developing Countries from President Trump’s First Days
by Martin Khor (02 Feb 17)
- An Agroecological Revolution Not a Green Revolution Will Feed Africa
(31 Jan 17)
- Countries reaffirmed commitment, considered progress on tackling antimicrobial resistance
by Mirza Alas (30 Jan 17)
- ICs want "payment" anew for unresolved Doha agri issues
by D. Ravi Kanth (26 Jan 17)
- LDCs push for concrete outcomes at MC11 on agri domestic support
by D. Ravi Kanth (24 Jan 17)
- The World Bank's Scheme to Hijack Farmers' Rights to Seeds
(19 Jan 17)
- United Nations: Food commodity prices fall for fifth year in a row, says FAO
by Kanaga Raja (18 Jan 17)
- First map of smallholder farms in developing countries shows they supply most of the food
Item 1: IonE researchers produce first-ever map of farming households across world
Item 2: Subnational distribution of average farm size and smallholder contributions to global food production
by Leah H Samberg, James S Gerber, Navin Ramankutty, Mario Herrero and Paul C West
(13 Jan 17)
- Recommendations to Take Agroecology Forward in Europe and Central Asia
(01 Jan 17)
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