Say NO to the principles of “responsible” agro-enterprise investment promoted by the World Bank
State and private investors, from Citadel Capital to Goldman Sachs, are leasing or buying up tens of millions of hectares of farmlands in Asia, Africa and Latin America for food and fuel production. This land grabbing is a serious threat for the food sovereignty of our peoples and the right to food of our rural communities.
In response to this new wave of land grabbing, the World Bank (WB) is promoting a set of seven principles to guide such investments and make them successful. The FAO, IFAD and UNCTAD have agreed to join the WB in collectively pushing these principles. Their starting point is the fact that the current rush of private sector interest to buy up farmland is risky. After all, the WB has just finalised a study showing the magnitude of this trend and its central focus on transferring rights over agricultural land in developing countries to foreign investors. Continue reading 'Stop Land Grabbing Now!'»
Kelly Brownell has long studied the relationship between rising levels of obesity in the U.S. and the way our food is grown, processed, packaged, and sold. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he discusses the common marketing and lobbying tactics employed by the food and tobacco industries.
With food prices skyrocketing and climate change looming, the world needs a green revolution like the one a generation ago. But many valuable seed varieties have been lost – and scientists now are scrambling to protect those that remain before they vanish down the genetic drain, writes Fred Pearce in Yale Environment360. Continue reading 'Saving the Seeds of the Next Green Revolution'»
It is sad to find the Editorial “Brinjal and Beyond” in your esteemed newspaper, which people like us advocate for its objective and scholarly position. But this editorial betrays that trust.
The Hindu dated May 21, 2006 reported “the mystery that surrounds death of 25 per cent of sheep and goats after open grazing on Bt cotton fields in 11 villages of Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh”. (Mortality in sheep, goat after grazing on Bt cotton fields). Continue reading 'An open letter to the editor of The Hindu'»
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