Land & Resources

A global wave of land and water grabs is concentrating farmland and other food producing resources in the hands of a few, with serious consequences for both rural and urban communities. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Land & Resources

Climate violence and the criminalization of hunger

Blog | Eva Perroni | Apr 8, 2016

Earlier this week tragic events on the island of Mindao in the Philippines, served as a stark reminder of how…

Why US-Cuba Relations Won’t End Cuba’s Alternative Agriculture Movement

Blog | Justine Williams | Apr 5, 2016

Barack Obama’s recent trip to Cuba—coming15 months after his and Raúl Castro’s announcement that the two countries would begin a…

Ground Shaking? Assessing the FAO’s 2015 International Year of Soils

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez and Katherine Mott | Apr 4, 2016

We assess the FAO's 2015 International Year of Soils by looking at the drivers of soil degradation and the most promising basis for soil restoration: agroecology.

“The Honduran Government Wants to Incriminate Us”

Blog | Ana Galvis | Mar 28, 2016

The Criminalization of COPINH and Misdirection Plague Investigation into Lenca Leader’s Assassination March 25, 2015 By Witness for Peace Family…

EDDIE WISE STORY UPDATE

Blog | Ana Galvis | Mar 22, 2016

March 17, 2016 Eddie and Dorothy Wise continue to live at the Deluxe Inn in the Rocky Mount area.  As…

LOS ASESINOS SON LOS MISMOS, LAS RAZONES TAMBIÉN

Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Mar 22, 2016

El 3 de marzo fue asesinada Berta Cáceres, activa defensora del territorio Lenca y directiva del Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones…

MURDER IN CENTRAL AMERICA: SAME ASSASSINS, SAME MOTIVES

Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Mar 22, 2016

Berta Cáceres, a Lenca indigenous leader and coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)…

Green Manure Crops in Africa: A Report from the Field

Policy Brief | Roland Bunch | Mar 21, 2016

In this personal letter, Roland shares his recent work with the successful farmer-to-farmer spread of cover crops in seven African countries.

Seed laws, certification and standardization

Blog | Tamara Wattnem | Mar 17, 2016

Seed laws, certification and standardization: outlawing informal seed systems in the Global South A series of relatively new seed laws…

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…

WHY WAS BERTA CÁCERES ASSASSINATED?

Blog | Beverly Bell | Mar 17, 2016

March 16, 2016 A few numbers begin to reveal why Honduran indigenous leader and global movement luminary, Berta Cáceres, was…

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…