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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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The battle for Pakistan’s agriculture
Posted on August 28, 2013 | No CommentsAugust 28, 2013 Najma Sadeque The first battle never really took off even after 66 years – restoring unduly appropriated land to the tiller – and a second more destructive more » -
400,000 people petition parliament panel to withdraw BRAI Bill
Posted on August 24, 2013 | 1 CommentAuthor: Jyotika Sood Aug 24, 2013 http://www.downtoearth.org.in Deadline for public feedback on biotechnology Bill expires August 25 The petitions were handed over to chairperson more » -
Of seed sovereignty and a ‘genetically’ modified Bill
Posted on August 21, 2013 | No CommentsChethan Kumar, Bangalore, Aug 19, 2013, DHNS : Celebrating the 67th year of Independence, India is slowly losing her seed sovereignty, even as environmentalists and farmers’ organisations fight in vain. more » -
African Food Sovereignty under attack by corporate interests
Posted on August 19, 2013 | No CommentsAlliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa 16 August 2013 Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a coalition of pan-African networks, with members in 50 African countries more » -
Hungry for change
Posted on August 19, 2013 | No CommentsIf international trade and aid won’t fix hunger and bad nutrition, what will? Jo Chandler, June 19, 2013 Professor Olivier De Schutter. Photo: Mal more » -
In Paraguay, the Spread of Soy Strikes Fear in Hearts of Rural Farmers
Posted on August 10, 2013 | No CommentsBy Jonathan Gilbert / Santa Catalina, Paraguay Aug. 09, 2013 Soya Plantation in Paraguay – photographer: Patty P via Wikipaedia Commons Emilio Arce more » -
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Threat to Democracy and Food Sovereignty
Posted on August 8, 2013 | No CommentsFood First – Institute for Food & Development Policy https://www.foodfirst.org/en/Trans-Pacific+Partnership July 31st, 2013 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), perhaps the world’s most ambitious free trade agreement, is currently under negotiation. What more » -
Britain’s new ‘peasants’ down on the farm
Posted on June 19, 2013 | No CommentsA determined generation of young smallholders hope to reclaim the British countryside from the grip of corporate food giants Claire Provost and John Vidal The Observer Sunday 16 June more » -
African Agricultural Growth Corridors and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. Who benefits, who loses?
Posted on June 19, 2013 | No CommentsReport June 2013 EcoNexus Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher Overview This brief report looks at how governments, international finance institutions and global corporations are collaborating in major new projects in more » -
Rubber Barons: how Vietnamese companies and international financiers are driving a land grabbing crisis in Cambodia and Laos.
Posted on May 18, 2013 | No CommentsGlobal Witness’ new report Josie Cohen, Land Campaigner, Global Witness Rubber Barons reveals how vast amounts of land have been acquired for rubber plantations in Cambodia and Laos by two more »