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World Family is creating a space for dialogue and resource sharing between small scale farmers and all of us who value our environment and our communities. All over the world we have a common interest in opposing the take over of the food supply by agribusiness. People and the food we eat are too important to be turned into mere commodities. It is through a thousand small acts of solidarity that we can support and empower the small scale farmers to feed the world.
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Call for mobilization: West African caravan for land, water and seeds
Posted on January 29, 2016 | No CommentsPublished: 22 Jan 2016 Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/25693 Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles – West Africa | January 2016 The Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles – West more » -
Burkina Faso abandons GM Bt cotton
Posted on January 29, 2016 | No CommentsThe country’s exit from Bt cotton cultivation may have implications for Africa’s stance on GM crops in general, says a new briefing. Report by Claire Robinson more » -
Corporations replace peasants as the “vanguard” of China’s new food security agenda
Posted on November 3, 2015 | No CommentsGRAIN | 03 November 2015 | Against the grain The past few years have been horrible for China’s small dairy farmers. Demand for domestic production has slumped because of milk more » -
GM-free canola market “at risk”
Posted on October 21, 2015 | No CommentsJenne Brammer The West Australian, October 21, 2015 https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29861723/gm-free-canola-market-at-risk/ The GM-Free Farmers Group and Conservation Council of WA have warned that WA’s markets for non-GM canola are at risk after more » -
The end of third-party advocacy for GMOs?
Posted on October 17, 2015 | No CommentsAs freedom of information requests reveal ostensibly independent GMO proponents to be working hand-in-hand with the GMO industry, Claire Robinson asks if the misinformation game is finally over GM Watch, more » -
Cameroon’s changing weather linked to crop disease
Posted on October 1, 2015 | No Commentspanos.org.uk – archive Cameroon’s changing weather linked to crop disease Cocoyam, a staple food in Cameroon, is largely absent from the market this year after a blight destroyed most of more » -
What Happened to the Biggest Land Grab in Africa? Searching for ProSavana in Mozambique
Posted on September 17, 2015 | No CommentsBy Timothy A. Wise 20 December 2014 What if you threw a lavish party for foreign investors, and no one came? By all accounts, that is what’s happening in Mozambique’s more » -
![Resistance to an erroneous ‘development’ model: A critique of ProSavana in Mozambique By Boaventura Monjane Pambazuka | 3 September 2015 Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/25304 Resistance to ProSavana [1], the controversial agricultural <a href="https://worldfamilyonline.org/resistance-to-an-erroneous-development-model-a-critique-of-prosavana-in-mozambique/#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>](http://worldfamilyonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/medium_epa03931029-protesters-hold-banner-with-the-word-enough-during-a-peaceful-CMKNYF-115x115.jpg "Resistance to an erroneous ‘development’ model: A critique of ProSavana in Mozambique")
Resistance to an erroneous ‘development’ model: A critique of ProSavana in Mozambique
Posted on September 17, 2015 | No CommentsResistance to an erroneous ‘development’ model: A critique of ProSavana in Mozambique By Boaventura Monjane Pambazuka | 3 September 2015 Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/25304 Resistance to ProSavana [1], the controversial agricultural more » -
Millionaire investors buying up farm lands
Posted on September 17, 2015 | No CommentsMillionaire investors buying up farm lands By Daniel Essieton The National | 11 September 2015 Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/25299 Politicians and business executives on a visit to the Shonga dairy farm more » -
Will Africa feed China?
Posted on September 17, 2015 | No CommentsWill Africa feed China? By Deborah Brautigam Published: 02 Sep 2015 Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/25302 In this excerpt from her book, ‘Will Africa Feed China?’, the author discusses China-Cameroon agricultural development more »