This is Seed Week 2019 in the UK and Ireland- an opportunity to celebrate the farmers, gardeners.
… this year. The FAO’s State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture report reveals that plant diversity in farmers’ fields is plummeting … who are protecting and growing back the diversity of seed that is our heritage and our …
Indigenous communities in Latin America are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn from their practices.
… The guardians of biodiversity Ulrike Prinz | 7th May 2020 Comment Biodiversity Amazon Indigenous Peoples Editor’s … are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn from …
Report highlights the danger of cloning to animal health as campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds
… Cloned animals a 'threat to genetic diversity' The Ecologist | 4th August 2010 News Cloning Food And Farming Biodiversity cows.jpg The EU Parliament recently … campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds An increase in the …
Vandana Shiva explains why Seed Satyagraha – a non-cooperation movement in the footsteps of Gandhi – will be crucial in blocking the introduction of the proposed Seed Law
… seed supply system, and the erosion of seed diversity and seed sovereignty. Seed … It is based on reclaiming the seed and biodiversity as commons and public good. The last … years have seen a very rapid erosion of seed diversity and seed sovereignty, and an intense …
Competition for land, water and energy are increasing, exacerbated by climate change and a growing population. But why does the Food and Agriculture Organisation now believe indigenous people could provide a solution? Peter Giovannini investigates
… People Food And Farming Food Security Biodiversity Investigations 1gaia.jpg Competition … food demand and supply, maintaining biodiversity, ecosystem services, and mitigating … but related, fields of development. Biodiversity conservation In the last two decades …
With the diversity of food crops falling dramatically and just three giant corporations controlling over 75 per cent of the global seed supply, it's no wonder people feel disconnected from their food. LAURA BRIGGS learns more about a new UK Seed Co-operative which aims to redress the balance
… Resilience seed cooperative.jpg With the diversity of food crops falling dramatically … we can, but they are not going to sustain biodiversity forever. Sustainability will need … looking to establish the Seed Co-operative. "Diversity is the striking thing that links my …
Industrial, imperial food systems have reduced food to a commodity, to 'stuff' that can then be constituted in the homogenised lab.
… the planetary destruction of soil, water, biodiversity, and 50 percent of greenhouse gas … Industrial food systems have destroyed the biodiversity of the planet both through the … and leading to the sixth mass extinction. Biodiversity-intensive and poison-free …
Faced with multiple converging crises humanity is challenged to redesign the human presence on Earth within the lifetime of present generations, writes Daniel Christian Wahl, and so transform our impact from degeneration to regeneration. We are capable of creating diverse creative cultures elegantly adapted to the uniqueness of place.
… to restore ecosystems, celebrate cultural diversity, initiate a worldview change, and … the unexpected. To do this, we need to value diversity, adaptability, redundance at … have guided life's evolution to increasing diversity, integration, and cooperation. "Life …
Anthropology, the study of humankind, should be the first of all the sciences our children encounter, writes Marc Brightman, with its singular capacity to inspire the imagination, broaden the mind and open the heart. Moves to downgrade it in the education system by those who know the price of everything, and the value of nothing, must be fought off.
… far more than merely help understand ethnic diversity. Anthropology includes biological, … the erosion of both cultural and biological diversity. Rooted in older disciplines closer … to educate people to become more tolerant of diversity. But anthropology is much more than …
Akashi is a grassroots campaign that gives a bigger voice to black and minority ethnic groups on climate change issues
… BMEs and get out of their comfort zone.' A diversity of voices This translates into … and Climate Change Project, and a network of 'Diversity Reps' supported by the student …
The 'war on drugs' is presented as a necessary battle against social evils, writes Benjamin Ramm. But from the Andes to the Caribbean, prohibition has criminalised both religious and cultural expression. And it's a war that is strictly for the global poor: people in Colorado can grow pot - so why not Colombians?
… 'war on drugs' is a war on culture and human diversity Benjamin Ramm | 28th April 2016 … to be exploited or as obstacles. Cultural diversity was dismissed as ignorance and …
Evangeline Kagwiite, an 90 year-old Ugandan elder, has much to teach us about resilience and food growing.
… the situation becomes. Resilience in diversity Evangeline Kagwiite in her garden. … built her family’s resilience by growing a diversity of crops, and taking responsibility … credits her traditional diet, founded on a diversity of seed, for her healthy old age. At …
Peter Rosset argues for small farms in the North...and Vandana Shiva champions those in the South
… of small farm agriculture, it listed: • Diversity : small farms embody a diversity of ownership, of cropping systems, … as better environmental stewardship – more biodiversity, a more patchwork landscape, often …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… diverse. There is a loss of plant and insect diversity, which threatens food security, …
The practical evidence suggests agroforestry in the UK has got something to offer both commercial farmers and smallholders alike. The challenge now, says Ed Hamer, is how to encourage sceptical farmers that planting trees across farmland is a good idea
… practical reasons too why hedgerows contain a diversity of species. And although grazing … groundwater infiltration and increased biodiversity as the trees bring with them their … different tree species. 'We’ve found that a diversity of species increases productivity …
Following allegations of defying India's Biological Diversity Act (BDA), Monsanto faces a lawsuit from the Indian government, reports Rosie Spinks
… allegations of defying India's Biological Diversity Act (BDA), Monsanto faces a lawsuit … the Indian governent enacted the Biological Diversity Act (BDA) to prevent the plunder of the nation’s rich agricultural biodiversity, which is among the highest in the …
Dr Vandana Shiva argues that agroecology holds the key to solving the climate and ecological crisis in a just and equitable way.
… lakes, rivers and oceans; 93 percent of crop diversity has been pushed to extinction … we grow healthy food by conserving biodiversity through abundant pollinators and …
We must challenge the story we are told - that bigger farms, more machines, more chemicals and more air miles are the only way to feed ourselves.
… stacked shelves that symbolise choice and diversity, prosperity and wellbeing, swamped … allowed crop uniformity to rule over crop diversity; how row after row after row of … agriculture, we lost 75 percent of genetic diversity in crops: local varieties, or ‘land …
Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife
… News Industrial Agriculture Natural World Diversity Agribusiness Factory Farming Natural … the largest single threat to the earth’s biodiversity. Massive chemical use and row-to-row … mammals on farmlands and ensure biological diversity for the planet. In sum, in terms of …
Archaeologists, historians and anthropologists have an important role to play in the decision-making around how we build a sustainable food future.
… in greater numbers around the world crop diversity is under threat. Dr Philippa Ryan, … also busy searching for sources of genetic diversity for our crops to make them more … launched in 2011. Managed by the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) within the Royal …
Weeds are destroying crops globally - but the real problem is Big Agriculture.
… about to chair the crucial COP15 on biodiversity. Yet even here we see the … supposed to be included in the work of the Biodiversity COP, but gets little attention. The … with the fast-changing climate. Landraces The diversity of cultivated crops declined by 75 …
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have identified factors which are driving the evolution of herbicide resistance in crops – something which could also have an impact on medicine as well as agriculture. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… any other management techniques: neither the diversity of chemicals used – for example … used a variety of herbicides or just one – or diversity of cropping mattered, despite both … work. The new findings show the volume and diversity of herbicide products are positively …