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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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New mega-treaty in the pipeline: what does RCEP mean for farmers’ seeds in Asia?
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsGRAIN | 9 March 2016 Signed in February 2016, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will have a major impact on farmers’ control over seeds. The US-led agreement, which covers 12 more » -
What do the TTIP leaks say about GMOs?
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsGabriela Vázquez of the Spain-based group Ecologistas en Acción explains what could happen in the GMO arena, based on the TTIP documents released so far, if the trade deal passes more » -
Peeling back the curtain on Monsanto
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsPaul Thacker Huffington Post, 10 May 2016 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-thacker/peeling-back-the-curtain-on-monsanto_b_9867902.html For nearly 30 years, Carey Gillam has worked as a business reporter covering corporate America, the last 17 of those with Reuters, more » -
European Parliament votes to ban most uses of glyphosate
Posted on April 15, 2016 | No CommentsOliver Tickell 13th April 2016 The EU Parliament has responded to the health concerns of millions by calling on the Commission to severely restrict permitted uses of the toxic more » -
The Protection of Farmers’ Rights and Food Sovereignty in Ghana
Posted on March 15, 2016 | No CommentsMarch 1, 2016 PRESS STATEMENT BY THE CSOs AND FARMERS’ PLATFORM ON THE PROTECTION OF FARMERS RIGHTS AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY OF GHANA Read by Dede Bedu-Addo for the National President more » -
Biofuel or Biofraud? The Vast Taxpayer Cost of Failed Cellulosic and Algal Biofuels
Posted on March 14, 2016 | No CommentsBy Almuth Ernsting Published today (Mon 14th March) by Independent Science News Biofuels consumed today are usually ethanol made from the sugar in sugar cane (or sugar beet) or they more » -
‘Too Much Money’: No Land – GVL Planning Liberia Bow
Posted on March 13, 2016 | No CommentsWritten by Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com Published: 08 March 2016 “The owner and shareholders are pissed with Liberian team. More than US$290 million spent since 2010, more » -
Palm Oil and GM Mustard: A Marriage Made in Hell
Posted on March 13, 2016 | No Commentsby Colin Todhunter March 11, 2016 The current drive to get genetically modified (GM) food crops into India is being spearheaded by GM mustard. However, the decision to sanction the more » -
Seven million hectares of forests have been lost in Argentina over the past 20 years
Posted on February 21, 2016 | No Comments19th February 2016 / Ruxandra Guidi Seven million hectares of forests have disappeared in Argentina in the past two decades, largely due to soy plantations. Between 1998 and 2006, the deforested surface of more » -
Plan to lift ban on GM foods ignites more resistance in Kenya
Posted on January 29, 2016 | No Comments“We want a government that listens to both sides in the GMO debate” – campaigners CoordinatorKenya Biodiversity Coalition (KBioC) standing second from right and other more »