Green Revolution
Rather than increasing food production through land reform and agroecology, the Green Revolution promotes technological intensification using new seed varieties, mechanization and agrochemicals. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on the Green Revolution
Seed laws, certification and standardization: outlawing informal seed systems in the Global South
Academic Publication | Tamara Wattnem | Mar 17, 2016
A series of relatively new seed laws are becoming novel mechanisms of accumulation by dispossession in agriculture. Many researchers have…
When a banana is much more than a banana
Blog | Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and Rivka Fidel | Mar 7, 2016
Ames, Iowa – A recent controversy about an upcoming genetically engineered (GE) banana study at Iowa State University (ISU) highlights…
The Spurning of Monsanto: Tip of the iceberg?
Blog | Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero | Feb 22, 2016
Early this month the Syngenta corporation made history by accepting a buyout bid from the Chinese state-owned company ChemChina. The…
Corporate vision of the future of food promoted at the UN
Blog | Ana Galvis | Feb 16, 2016
Published on Monday, 15 February 2016 12:37 Press release – La Via Campesina, ETC and Grain More than 100 civil…
Ten Reasons why Biotechnology will not ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment and Reduce Poverty in The Developing World
Blog | Miguel Altieri and Peter Rosset | Feb 10, 2016
Recently La Via Campesina, ETC and Grain released a report denouncing how biotechnology is “showing up at FAO” and explaining…
Civil Society Statement on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa
Blog | Food First | Jun 3, 2015
Call of civil society organizations to their governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa We,…
Reimagining the Seed: From private property to shared heritage
Blog | Maywa Montenegro | May 6, 2015
A new report by La Vía Campesina and GRAIN calls attention to ways in which peasant seed systems are under…
The World Bank’s Long War on Peasants
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Tanya M. Kerssen | Apr 20, 2015
“The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling—their ideas, their version of history, their…
Puerto Rico: Monsanto Hires Marketing Firm to Poll Citizens on GMOs
Blog | Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero | Jan 6, 2015
The Monsanto corporation hired a marketing firm to poll the Puerto Rican citizenry about the subject of GM seeds and…
Agroecology and the Disappearing Yield Gap
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 10, 2014
The more scientists actually study agroecology, the better it looks. The largest meta-analysis to date comparing yields of organic and…
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