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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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Cameroun : Les populations locales et autochtones s’opposent à l’extension de la plantation de l’entreprise HEVECAM
Posted on November 16, 2017 | No CommentsPublished: 08 Nov 2017 Short URL: https://farmlandgrab.org/27631 Le Rural.info | 8 novembre 2017 CAMEROUN : LES POPULATIONS LOCALES ET AUTOCHTONES S’OPPOSENT A L’EXTENSION DE LA PLANTATION DE L’ENTREPRISE HEVECAM par more » -
Cameroon: Inmates ‘packed like sardines’ in overcrowded prisons following deadly Anglophone protests
Posted on October 22, 2017 | No CommentsAmnesty International 13 October 2017 • More than 500 people detained in towns including Bamenda and Buea • Wounded protestors flee hospitals for fear of arrest • Arrested protestors forced more » -
NEW REPORT: ‘Too big to feed us’ – Expert panel sounds the alarm on mega-mergers and calls for urgent review
Posted on October 19, 2017 | No Comments(13th October – Rome) Dominant agri-food firms have become too big to feed humanity sustainably, too big to operate on equitable terms with other food system actors, and too big more » -
The Milk Crisis in India: The story behind the numbers
Posted on October 18, 2017 | No CommentsPosted on October 15, 2017 Milk Crises, Report Food Sovereignty Alliance Press Release This past two years has witnessed farmers across India demonstrating for their livelihoods: a hike in milk more » -
The GMO crisis in Swaziland…
Posted on October 18, 2017 | No CommentsOct 18, 2017 By Tsakasile Dlamini Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (Pelum) Swaziland Country Coordinator October 2017 Swaziland is under enormous pressure to introduce genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the more » -
Six Middle Eastern Countries Ban Glyphosate Herbicides over ‘Probable Carcinogen’ Fears
Posted on October 14, 2017 | No CommentsOct 13 2017 by Sustainable Pulse Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that six Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman have more » -
Research shows pest resistance to biotech crops is surging
Posted on October 14, 2017 | No CommentsUniv of Arizona News, Oct 11, 2017 https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/research-shows-pest-resistance-biotech-crops-surging * A new global assessment helps scientists explain why cases of pest resistance to genetically engineered crops increased by more than fivefold more » -
Vital soil fungi damaged by GMO Bt cotton
Posted on November 25, 2016 | No CommentsDr Eva Sirinathsinghji The Ecologist, 24 November 2016 http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2988361/vital_soil_fungi_damaged_by_gmo_bt_cotton.html [links to sources at the URL above] * A study of GMO cotton varieties shows they disrupt an important beneficial soil more » -
US farmers in retreat from “all-GMO”
Posted on November 25, 2016 | No CommentsThe yield of crops in the US is no better than in Europe and the drop in grain prices makes expensive GM seeds less attractive Below is an analysis of more » -
Transitioning out of GM maize: Towards nutrition security, climate adaptation, agro-ecology and social justice
Posted on November 20, 2016 | No CommentsThis Four-page document summarises the recent report published by the African Centre for Biodiversity: Transitioning out of GM maize: to agroecology for sustainable, socially just and nutritional food systems, , more »