Policy Briefs
Governing the Global Land Grab: Competing political tendencies
Policy Brief | Chunyu Wang, Jennifer Franco and Saturnino M. Borras | Jun 1, 2013
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 2 Understanding the context of global land grabs.
“Sons and Daughters of the Earth”: Indigenous communities and land grabs in Guatemala
Policy Brief | Alberto Alonso-Fradejas | Apr 1, 2013
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 1 In the last ten years, the expansion of sugarcane and oil palm has increasingly encroached on the lands of Maya Q'eqchi' people.
Cutting Through the Red Tape: A resource guide for local food policy practitioners & organizers
Policy Brief | Annie Shattuck and Beth Sanders | Dec 2, 2011
Around the US, community organizations are using local policy to develop a better food system...
Smallholder Solutions to Hunger, Poverty and Climate Change
Policy Brief | Annie Shattuck and Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 1, 2011
With the global food crisis, international agreement has emerged regarding the importance of smallholder agriculture in the battle against hunger and poverty.
Cultivating the Commons: Assessing the potential for urban agriculture on Oakland’s public land
Policy Brief | Jenny Cooper and Nathan McClintock | Oct 1, 2009
This project aims to locate Oakland’s “commons”—land that is owned by public agencies—and assess the potential for urban agriculture on this land.
Why the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act will Fail to Curb Hunger
Policy Brief | Annie Shattuck and Eric Holt-Giménez | Apr 1, 2009
A new bill before the US Senate stands to overhaul the way the US offers agricultural development and food aid to the developing world.
The World Food Crisis: What’s behind it and what we can do about it
Policy Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez | Oct 1, 2008
The food crisis is anything but silent, and—as long as we are aware of its true causes—we are not helpless.
The Doha Collapse: Time to get agriculture out of the WTO
Policy Brief | Rick Jonasse | Aug 1, 2008
The recent collapse of the Doha “development” round of WTO negotiations means that they are going into low gear until a new US president and Congress...
The Agrofuels Trojan Horse: Biotechnology and the corporate domination of agriculture
Policy Brief | Annie Shattuck | Apr 1, 2008
Agrofuels are the perfect Trojan Horse, promising not only whole new markets for biotech products, but the entrenchment of GM crops throughout the world.
When Renewable Isn’t Sustainable: Agrofuels and the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act
Policy Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez and Isabella Kenfield | Mar 1, 2008
Behind the claims of energy independence and green energy, the agrofuels boom is violently transforming food and fuel systems in the Americas and elsewhere.
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