New Era for Agriculture?
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Marcia Ishii-Eiteman | Jul 1, 2008
What must we do differently to overcome poverty and hunger and achieve equitable and sustainable development in the face of environmental crises?
What must we do differently to overcome poverty and hunger and achieve equitable and sustainable development in the face of environmental crises?
The World Bank reports that global food prices rose 83% over the last three years.
While not as prolific as Indonesia and Malaysia, Colombia is the 4th largest palm oil producer in the world and the largest in Latin America.
For years, critics and proponents alike have worried that organic, small-scale, and sustainable agriculture cannot produce sufficient food.
The question is not whether biofuels have a place in our future, but whether or not we allow a handful of global corporations to impoverish the planet.
Worldwide, 25 million people earn their livelihoods from coffee, supplying an estimated 500 billion cups of coffee to consumers each year.
Many observers claim the present rash of farmer suicides in India is the result of two decades of recurring socioeconomic and environmental disaster.
For 30 years, Campesino a Campesino has helped families in the rural villages of Latin America improve their livelihoods and conserve their resources.
Why so much hunger? To answer this question we must unlearn much of what we have been taught.
Over the last five years, groups spanning the ideological spectrum have come out in opposition to US and EU farm subsidies.
Re-building local food systems requires rethinking the role of trade.
In 1998, Central Pennsylvania looked like an attractive target for agribusiness.