‘Climate Smart Agriculture' can be applied to anything from industrial monocultures to agroecology, writes Helena Paul - and fertiliser, biotech and agribusiness corporations are seizing the chance to cash in. Now COP21 host France is proposing to use soils as a giant carbon sink - a fine idea in itself, but not if it's used to 'offset' continued fossil fuel emissions, and to greenwash industrial agriculture.
… ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture' - preparing for a corporate soil … France Corporations farm.jpg ‘Climate Smart Agriculture' can be applied to anything from … fuel emissions, and to greenwash industrial agriculture. We know that agriculture is …
The Gates Foundation is spending half a billion dollars a year to 'feed the world', most of it aimed at Africa. But as GRAIN discovers, it is imposing a model of high-tech, high-input 'green revolution' farming, complete with GMOs, agro-chemicals and a pro-business neoliberal agenda, all in in alliance with corporate agriculture.
… Foundation 'feeds the world' with corporate agriculture GRAIN | 5th November 2014 News … agenda, all in in alliance with corporate agriculture. The first guiding principle of the Gates Foundation's work on agriculture reads: "Listening to farmers and …
With little hope of a binding deal on climate change at the latest UN summit, campaigners are hoping that Africa's COP will tackle the issue that plagues the continent most: agriculture
… Food And Farming Agro-ecology Climate Change Agriculture Africa Durban Climate Change … Campaigners are hoping that agriculture will feature heavily in Africa's … the issue that plagues the continent most: agriculture Africa is a continent where 70 per …
'Climate smart agriculture' has become the buzz phrase at high level international policy discussions. But now there is a struggle over its definition. Is it the latest manifestation for corporate social responsibility or the title of a manifesto for real, grassroots led, change, ask PETER NEWELL, JENNIFER CLAPP and ZOE BRENT
… Will 'climate smart agriculture' serve the public interest - or … | 19th January 2018 Comment Climate Smart Agriculture Climate Change Agriculture Corporations …
Climate Smart Agriculture sounds like a great idea, write hundreds of civil society organisations worldwide. But in truth it's a PR front for international agribusiness to promote corporate agriculture, pesticides and fertilisers at COP21, with a heavy dose of greenwash. Countries must resist the siren calls - and give their support to true agroecology that sustains soil, health, life and climate.
… No to 'Climate Smart Agriculture', yes to agroecology Climate Smart Agriculture Concerns | 21st October 2015 … COP21 rice-philippines-cut.jpg Climate Smart Agriculture sounds like a great idea, write …
Farming should not only sustain people with healthy food, writes Jigmi Y. Thinley. If humans are to survive on Earth, it must also revitalise nature and sustain vital planetary systems, instead of poisoning and over-exploiting them. And to do that farming must be organic.
… to do that farming must be organic. Organic agriculture is not only relevant to today's … living beings. The central role of organic agriculture in paving the path towards a safer … less capable of sustaining life and, indeed, agriculture itself. The deeper consequences of …
The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture made its high-profile launch at the New York Climate Summit. But for a huge coalition of civil society organizations, it's a 'greenwash' initiative designed to promote intensive profit-driven industrial agriculture at the expense of small farmers, environment, and the real solutions.
… the Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture Climate Smart Ag Concerns | 30th … Gold. The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture made its high-profile launch at … to promote intensive profit-driven industrial agriculture at the expense of small farmers, …
Pesticides remain the 'elephant in the room' for Michael Gove, the environment secretary, and DEFRA. But until the issue is properly addressed the environmental crisis and fears for human health will only continue, argues GEORGINA DOWNS
… Is the new UK Agriculture Bill a triumph or a travesty? … | 14th September 2018 Comment Pesticides Agriculture Bill DEFRA Thought Leaders … argues GEORGINA DOWNS The long awaited Agriculture Bill finally made its first …
Cuba is a global exemplar of organic, agroecological farming, taking place on broad swathes of land in and around its cities, write Julia Wright & Emily Morris. These farms cover 14% of the country's agricultural land, employ 350,000 people, and produce half the country's fruit and vegetables. But can they survive exposure to US agribusiness?
… Organic Cities USA Politics Trade urban-agriculture-havana-cut.jpg Cuba is a global … government recognised the potential of urban agriculture , and incorporated it into the … government established a Department of Urban Agriculture, and in 1997 this became the …
Uncontrolled fires linked to agricultural expansions are being used as a political tool during this election year in Bolivia and are causing catastrophic consequences.
… the political relationship between agriculture and the state. One of the goals … of increasing the income that this type of agriculture brings. This has put the modern … their investment. This generates an unequal agriculture that enriches large companies, …
Archaeologists, historians and anthropologists have an important role to play in the decision-making around how we build a sustainable food future.
… Kelly Reed | 29th May 2019 News Agriculture Food And Farming University Of … range of different challenges. The memory of agriculture and food is carried by landscapes, … to deposit and prevented erosion. Adapting agriculture Plant breeders and researchers …
Department for International Development (DfID) accused of failing to support long-term agricultural programmes and being obsessed with an 'industrial model' of food production
… UK overseas aid ignoring small scale agriculture The Ecologist | 3rd February 2010 News Aid Africa Food And Farming Trade Agriculture Organic Farming … for overseeing a decline in support for agriculture in international development and …
GMO enthusiasts insist that organic, agroecological farming could never feed the world, writes Colin Todhunter. But it has been feeding us all for millennia - and it's the only way to continue while enriching the soils and biodiversity on which all farming depends. As Mahatma Gandhi once observed, industrial agriculture is but a nine-day wonder. And its time will soon be up.
… Organic agriculture, agroecology and the parallel … As Mahatma Gandhi once observed, industrial agriculture is but a nine-day wonder. And its … called on countries to reorient their agriculture policies to promote sustainable …
Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife
… Kimbell | 1st June 2003 News Industrial Agriculture Natural World Diversity … investigates.jpg Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife The truth: Industrial agriculture is the largest single threat to …
There's only one real faultline in farming, writes David R. Montgomery, and it's not the one between organic and 'conventional'. What really matters is whether farming systems are building, improving and nurturing soils - or exploiting them for short term gain. And if we want to keep humans well fed and healthy for the long term, there's only one choice to make.
… make. One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming is … that the key to sustaining highly productive agriculture lies in rebuilding healthy, … about today's industrialized agrochemical agriculture: that it feeds the world, is a …
A major new scientific report reveals how organic agriculture can help feed the world whilst reducing the environmental impacts, PETER MELCHETT, of the Soil Association delves into the data.
… new scientific report reveals how organic agriculture can help feed the world whilst … identified the important role that organic agriculture can play in feeding a global … by scientists from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the …
Some 'Principles for a Just Transition in Agriculture' have been developed by ActionAid.
… How agriculture must change Teresa Anderson | 26th August 2021 | Comment Agriculture Food And Farming Climate Change … Some 'Principles for a Just Transition in Agriculture' have been developed by ActionAid. …
India celebrates its Independence Day today, writes Colin Todhunter. But the highly visible system of British colonial dominance has been replaced by a new imperial hegemony: the invisible, systemic rule of transnational capital, enforced by global institutions like the World Bank, while US-based global agribusiness corporations have stepped into the boots of the former East India Company.
… India to shift hundreds of millions out of agriculture. In return for up to £90 billion … system, reduce subsidies and run down public agriculture institutions and offer incentives … WTO and the US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture, there is a deliberate strategy to …
If you don't want industrial agriculture ravaging the world to feed cities nutrient-deprived, genetically modified, chemical-drenched pap, here's an alternative, writes Matt Bevington: let cities grow their own fresh produce on 'vertical farms' in disused industrial buildings, restoring sustainability and accountability to the food chain.
… Vertical farming - viable agriculture or urban pipedream? Matt Bevington … tomato-cut.jpg If you don't want industrial agriculture ravaging the world to feed cities … and accountability to the food chain. Agriculture as we know it is changing. …
Among Cuba's greatest achievements is its organic farming sector, writes Miguel Altieri. Developed in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union, small agroecological farms now employ 300,000 campesinos and provide an abundance of healthy fruit and vegetables. But now US food and agribusiness corporations are eyeing up a multi-billion dollar business opportunity.
… Cuba's sustainable agriculture at risk in US diplomatic thaw … and improve life for its citizens. But in agriculture, US investment could cause harm … strategy that characterizes modern industrial agriculture. It encourages local production by …
All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops?
… a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an … a meeting of the biggest names on the global agriculture scene; the Food Agriculture Organisation of the UN, the …
Intensive agribusiness is causing a global decline in insect populations with serious consequences for humans and the rest of nature.
… Agriculture and insects Colin Tosh | 1st May 2019 News Agriculture Insects Biodiversity … is the way they point the finger at intensive agriculture and pesticide use. Entomologists …
Palestinian children as young as 11 work on Israeli farms in the occupied West Bank, an HRW investigation reveals. While the EU buys produce worth $300m a year from the illegal 'settlements', undocumented child labourers are exposed to pesticides, paid well below the minimum wage, enjoy no employment rights, and toil long hours in hot fields and greenhouses.
… would pressure Israel to end settlement agriculture and lift related restrictions on … Palestinian children working in settlement agriculture whom we interviewed had ever … labor-law violations. Expanding settlement agriculture, restrictive anti-Palestinian …
Ecological farming has taken root in the UK, writes Phil Moore: drawing inspiration from the past while employing the latest ideas and techniques from organic, no-dig, permaculture, agroecology and agroforestry methods. But with agricultural fields selling for up to £10,000 an acre, there's a big difficultly for many would-be eco-farmers: access to land. Now, with public support, that's a problem the Ecological Land Cooperative is determined to solve.
… Ecological agriculture: investing today in tomorrow's … farming can, and does, provide a model for agriculture that provide enough food, … enterprise helps new entrants into ecological agriculture in England supporting the growth …