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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture (2018)
- Agroecological Innovation to Transform Agriculture and Achieve Food Sovereignty
(31 Dec 18)
- Diversified Traditional Food Systems Can Overcome Malnutrition in India
(31 Dec 18)
- French Study Finds Lower Cancer Risk Among High Organic Food Consumers
Item 1: ASSOCIATION OF FREQUENCY OF ORGANIC FOOD CONSUMPTION WITH CANCER RISK FINDINGS FROM THE NUTRINET-SANTÉ PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
Item 2: ORGANIC FOOD CONSUMPTION LOWERS OVERALL CANCER RISKS IN LARGE-SCALE STUDY OF FRENCH ADULTS
(28 Dec 18)
- Agroecology Shows Full Potential to Deliver Sustainable Food Systems
(27 Dec 18)
- The Future of Agriculture: New technologies or Agroecology?
(24 Dec 18)
- New UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants Enshrines Farmers' Right to Seeds
by Catherine Saez (21 Dec 18)
- The Potential of Agroecology to Transform the Global Food System
(18 Dec 18)
- Herbicides Increase Antibiotic Resistance Evolution in Bacteria
Item 1: AGRICHEMICALS AND ANTIBIOTICS IN COMBINATION INCREASE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE EVOLUTION
Item 2: GLYPHOSATE AND DICAMBA HERBICIDES INCREASE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN BACTERIA
Item 3: COMMONLY USED HERBICIDES ARE MAKING BACTERIA MORE RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS, RESEARCHERS SAY
(14 Dec 18)
- Farmer-Managed Seed Systems Play Crucial Role in Africa
Item 1: New report shines light on the role of farmers in saving Africa’s seed diversity
Item 2: Small-scale farmers save, use, share and enhance the seed diversity of the crops that feed Africa
(13 Dec 18)
- Food commodity prices fall for fifth consecutive month
by Kanaga Raja (08 Nov 18)
- Transforming Land Use and Food Systems Has Mitigation Potential of 23 Gt CO2-eq Per Year by 2050
Item 1: Strengthening Indigenous and Community Land Rights
Item 2: Restoring Forests and Other Ecosystems
Item 3: Transforming Agriculture
(07 Nov 18)
- The Invisible, Hungry Hand
by IPS/Tharanga Yakupitiyage (02 Nov 18)
- Agroecological Transitions Away from Industrial Food and Farming Systems
Item 1: Seven case studies of agroecological transition
Item 2: BREAKING AWAY FROM INDUSTRIAL FOOD AND FARMING SYSTEMS: Seven case studies of agroecological transition
(16 Oct 18)
- Rural Women in Paraguay on the Frontlines to Save Native Seed Varieties
by Maria Sanz Dominguez (10 Oct 18)
- Developed countries turn their backs on permanent solution for PSH
by D. Ravi Kanth (09 Oct 18)
- Africa: More Women Owning Land Means Increased Food Security, Nutrition
by IPS/Tharanga Yakupitiyage (03 Oct 18)
- Building Resilience Through Agroecology
(01 Oct 18)
- UN Expert Calls on Argentina to Prioritise Family Farming, Right to Food
by Kanaga Raja (26 Sept 18)
- An Agroecological Revolution to Achieve Food Democracy
by Olivier De Schutter (21 Sept 18)
- Andhra Pradesh to Become India's First Zero Budget Natural Farming State
(14 Sept 18)
- Four-year Drought Forces Cuba to Find Ways to Build Resilience
by IPS/Ivet Gonzalez (13 Sept 18)
- How Agroecology Can Ensure Dietary Diversity and High Nutrition
by Michel Pimbert & Stefanie Lemke (06 Sept 18)
- Transforming food systems
by IPS/Alice Lloyd (08 Aug 18)
- Farmers' Seed Systems Best Defence Against Corporate Control of Agriculture
(26 Jul 18)
- Agroecology Beats Land and Water Scarcity
by IPS/Mario Osava (17 Jul 18)
- G33 for policy instruments to improve food security
by D. Ravi Kanth (16 Jul 18)
- Impressive Yield and Income Increases from SRI Project in West Africa
Item 1: 50,000 FARMERS IN 13 COUNTRIES: RESULTS FROM SCALING UP THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION IN WEST AFRICA by Styger E. & Traoré G.
Item 2: REPORT REVEALS GROUNDBREAKING RESULTS FOR RICE FARMING by Foodtank
(13 Jul 18)
- Food commodity prices fall amidst rising trade tensions
by Kanaga Raja (13 Jul 18)
- China-India renew battle to end US-EU agri-support policies
by D. Ravi Kanth (09 Jul 18)
- How Sustainable Food Production Can Change Developing Countries
by Emily Folk (27 Jun 18)
- Antibiotics among pollutants making agriculture the greatest source of water pollution
(22 Jun 18)
- Protecting Africa's Farmer-Managed Seed Systems from Corporate Takeover
(12 Jun 18)
- Why Governance Frameworks Fail to Address the Impacts of Mega-Mergers in Agriculture
(11 Jun 18)
- Are You Paying Enough For Your Food?
by IPS/Danielle Nierenberg & Emily Payne (07 Jun 18)
- Building Agricultural Biodiversity Key to Ensuring Healthy Food Systems
Item 1: WE NEED TO SAFEGUARD BIODIVERSITY AND PROMOTE DIVERSE DIETS by Seth Cook
Item 2: NOURISHING DIVERSITY: A FIVE-POINT PLAN TO ENRICH OUR FOOD SYSTEMS
(04 Jun 18)
- FAO chief - Stop using antibiotics as animal growth promoters
(31 May 18)
- Making Agriculture Work for- not Against- Biodiversity
(30 May 18)
- US-Australia-Brazil try hijacking Doha agri-talks from core mandates
by D. Ravi Kanth (30 May 18)
- Agricultural trade liberalization undermined food security
by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Anis Chowdhury (25 May 18)
- The Environmental, Socio-Cultural, Economic and Political Principles of Agroecology
(21 May 18)
- US aiming to make flawed and skewed UR agri-disciplines permanent
by D. Ravi Kanth (16 May 18)
- Agroecology Taking Root as Momentum Builds for Transformation in Agriculture
by Lim Li Ching (07 May 18)
- Recommendations for Agroecological Transitions
Item 1: CATALYSING DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION TO SCALE UP AGROECOLOGY: OUTCOMES OF THE FAO REGIONAL SEMINARS ON AGROECOLOGY - SUMMARY
Item 2: THE 10 ELEMENTS OF AGROECOLOGY GUIDING THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(04 May 18)
- Women Farmers Bring Healthy Meals to Local Schools
by IPS/Mariela Jara (02 May 18)
- Declaration By Organizations Of Small-Scale Food Producers And Civil Society Organizations
(24 Apr 18)
- Regenerative Farms Provide More Ecosystem Functions and Profitability Than Conventional Farms
(23 Apr 18)
- How Food Democracy Can Transform Food Systems For The Better
(19 Apr 18)
- Africa's Seed Policies Should Recognise and Support Farmer Seed Systems
(17 Apr 18)
- Statement of The Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA) regarding FAO’s 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology: Scaling up Agroecology to Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
(11 Apr 18)
- Agroecology Can Help Change the World's Food Production for the Better
(04 Apr 18)
- Governments Need to Safeguard the Mission of the Committee on World Food Security
(29 Mar 18)
- Organic Hotspots in the US Found to Benefit Local Economies
(28 Mar 18)
- World Bank Enables the Business of Industrial Agriculture
(26 Mar 18)
- Smallholder Farmers' Rights are Women's Rights
by Barbara Adams (22 Mar 18)
- Bayer-Monsanto Merger Will Consolidate 'Big Data' Platform, Threatening the Future of Farmers
Item 1: BAYER-MONSANTO MERGER: BIG DATA, BIG AGRICULTURE, BIG PROBLEMS by Victoria Bassetti, Jason Davidson, Leah Douglas, & Tiffany Finck-Haynes
Item 2: EU Commission gives green light to Bayer-Monsanto merger by Friends of the Earth Europe
(21 Mar 18)
- Rural Women are Essential to the Struggle Against Hunger
by IPS/Orlando Milesi (08 Mar 18)
- A Review of Participatory Plant Breeding and Lessons for African Seed and Food Sovereignty Movements
(02 Mar 18)
- Korea's import ban on Japanese fish products held WTO-illegal
by Kanaga Raja (28 Feb 18)
- Zambia: Export-oriented agriculture can impact on right to food
by Kanaga Raja (20 Feb 18)
- Impacts of Seed Law Harmonisation in Africa on Smallholder Farmers
(09 Feb 18)
- World cereal supplies set to hit all-time high, says FAO
by Kanaga Raja (07 Feb 18)
- Questioning the Food and Farming Research Agenda
(01 Feb 18)
- Organic Agriculture Yields Several Health Benefits
Item 1: HUMAN HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC FOOD AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW by Mie A, Andersen HR, Gunnarsson S, et al.
Item 2: WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF ORGANIC FOOD? by Julie McShane
(29 Nov 17)
- SouthViews: Critical issues to watch in 2018
by Martin Khor (05 Jan 18)
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