Meeting global targets to end hunger by 2030 could be challenging given a recent increase in food insecurity exacerbated by conflict and environmental degradation. CATHERINE EARLY reports.
… increase in food insecurity exacerbated by conflict and environmental degradation. … largely due to the proliferation of violent conflicts and climate-related shocks, it said. Conflicts had risen dramatically in number and …
The forced retraction of a study that identified serious harm to rats fed on GMO maize and Monsanto's 'Roundup' reveals a deep and systemic corruption of science and regulation, writes Gilles-Eric Séralini. Urgent and far reaching reforms must now take place.
… - which in our view is a historic example of conflicts of interests in the scientific … confidentiality. Serious yet undisclosed conflicts of interest Overall, the first wave … of these articles had serious yet undisclosed conflicts of interest. The scientific remarks …
A new investigation of palm oil plantations, companies and auditors has found that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is failing to deliver on its promise, writes Chris Lang. Widespread fraud, collusion between auditors and companies, conflicts of interest, and a flawed complaints system mean that RSPO-certified palm oil may be destructively and illegally produced.
… collusion between auditors and companies, conflicts of interest, and a flawed complaints … claims; auditors failing to identify social conflicts arising due to abuse of community … to address the substance of the complaints; conflicts of interest due to links between …
Banks preparing to launch a $400m bond issue for a global palm oil giant with a history of legal violations and broken standards have been warned of their 'high risk client' and the 'extreme and outstanding' social and environmental conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector.
… and outstanding' social and environmental conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness sector. … to the "extreme and outstanding social conflicts in the palm oil agribusiness … severity of risk associated with long-term conflict between Indonesia's plantation sector …
The more EU politicians try to look in control of the Mediterranean refugee emergency, the more it's obvious they aren't, writes Assaad W. Razzouk. A key driver of the crisis is climate change, which is causing drought across North Africa. Europe must now tackle the root causes of the crisis, and admit its own culpability in precipitating it.
… in migration and in amplifying and worsening conflicts. We are in the midst of a horrific … negative spiral, where climate change makes conflicts uglier and new ones erupt over natural resources. Then violent conflicts amplify the impacts of climate …
The 'Biotechnology Food Labeling Uniformity' bill has been introduced to the US Senate to require clear, simple labelling of GMOs nationwide - informing consumers while saving manufacturers from a confusing patchwork of state regulations. Could it defeat the dreaded DARK Act?
… producers are not subject to confusing or conflicting labeling requirements in different … they are asking for without placing unfair or conflicting requirements on food producers. …
To understand how technology is used in the real world we must appreciate who owns and controls it, writes Colin Todhunter: whose interests it serves, and how it works in an economic system driven by profit, geopolitics and the compulsion to capture and control markets - while the monopolists proclaim a noble ideology of 'free choice' and 'democracy'.
… is a programme of endless destabilisations, conflicts and wars over finite resources to … or Iraq whose countries were thrown into conflict and chaos by the designs of a … for land are leading to violent upheaval, conflict and ecological destruction, all to …
Monsanto is stepping up its attack on the WHO's classification of glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen, writes Peter Saunders. Dismissing the finding as 'junk science' the company is convening its own industry friendly panel and pushing its secret studies at regulators. Don't let them get away with it!
… working group must have no real or perceived conflicts of interest. The evidence they … It is difficult to conceive of a more blatant conflict of interest. The BfR's reaction to … panel of experts, none of whom had conflicts of interest, real or perceived. It …
Almost since the advent of genetic engineering the food industry, the research establishment and parts of the media have been saying that the public is becoming more accepting of the technology. However, with no credible independent evidence to support this view it remains little more than wishful thinking and as this new survey, conducted by Beyond GM shows, most diners want to see more transparency about what's actually in our food
… (82%) Raise concerns for animal welfare (74%) Conflict with religious or personal beliefs … that they objected to GMOs because they conflicted with their one religious or … a third of respondents (34%) said that GMOs conflicted with personal or religious beliefs, …
We may know that palm oil is wiping out rainforests worldwide, writes Philip Lymbery. But few realise that our factory farmed meat and dairy are contributing to the problem. As revealed in Philip's new book, 'Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were', palm kernels, left after pressing the fruit for oil, is a protein-rich livestock feed of growing importance. And nowhere is the impact greater than Sumatra, home (for now) to its own unique species of elephant.
… left of the rich jungle heritage, and the conflict between elephants and people is … prevent their wild counterparts coming into conflict with people. All the Sumatran …
The rainforest habitat of chimpanzees and other great apes is being destroyed by the expansion of palm oil projects in central Africa, according to new evidence from Greenpeace.
… planning. This frequently generates social conflicts when forest clearance takes place … be allowed to proceed and risk further social conflict and environmental damage." The Congo …
The world is in the grip of a structural war against people, land, economies and ecosystems, writes Colin Todhunter. It is being waged by a quartet of organised criminal interests bent on monopolizing energy, money, food and violence across the globe. But a deep-rooted resistance against their 'neoliberal' doctrine of death and destruction is fighting back.
… what appears to be a possible nuclear conflict , we must reject capitalism and … and is a recipe for continued resource-driven conflicts and devastation. The genuine answer … People want solutions for hunger, poverty and conflict but are too often told there is no …
Food and water shortages and sharp price hikes in the necessities of life are driving civil unrest and rebellion across the Middle East and North Africa, writes Nafeez Ahmed. Adding to the problem, many of the afflicted countries are of strategic importance for their oil and gas, putting them on the front line of destabilizing 'counter-terrorism' operations.
… can be used to predict rioting and domestic conflict in fragile countries across the … economic crises with regional geopolitics and conflicts. He has also written for The …
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.
… its failure lies the cause for insecurity and conflict within and among nations. Without … be large scale starvation and food based conflicts. This would appear to be true …
The 'cancer industry', including charities with close links to chemicals corporations, is always keen to blame cancer victims for their morally deficient lifestyles, writes Colin Todhunter. But the real fault lies with the commercial interests touting bad food, nutritionally unbalanced and laced with toxic agrochemicals - like the ubiquitous glyphosate - and their residues.
… pesticides, due to serious and persistent conflicts of interest. Also see this CEE … In her letter to the BMJ , she notes a major conflict of interest was unaddressed. CRUK - …
As industrial agriculture continues to erode our wildlife, Dave Goulson challenges the methods and objectives of ever-increasing food production. We need to move towards sustainable, evidence-based farming systems that produce healthy food, rather than allowing the agrochemical industry to reshape our farming, countryside and nutrition to its quest for profit.
… contradiction between the two, a fundamental conflict. The drive to increase food … use, with competing manufacturers providing conflicting advice, and all with a strong …
Hidden from mainstream media exposure, the World Bank and IMF loan has opened up Ukraine to major corporate inroads, writes Joyce Nelson. Loan conditions are forcing the deeply indebted country to open up to GMO crops, and lift the ban on private sector land ownership. US corporations are jubilant at the 'goldmine' that awaits them.
… the World Bank and the IMF in the Ukraine Conflict '. In late 2013, the then president …
After an apparent cave-in to Europe's pesticide industry, the European Food Safety Authority's latest guidance on pesticides conflicts with European law, writes Georgina Downs - by ignoring the real-life agrochemical exposure of rural residents. Commission President Juncker must step in and demand the withdrawal of this disgraceful document.
… Authority's latest guidance on pesticides conflicts with European law, writes Georgina …
The European Food Safety Authority is about to decide on a re-authorisation of glyphosate, a 'probable carcinogen', based on unpublished industry studies. In this Open Letter to the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, campaigners call on him to ensure an open, scientifically robust process - and to immediately restrict the herbicide.
… out by independent researchers without conflicts of interest. In view of the public … and by independent researchers without conflicts of interest. …
From now on General Mills, a major US food conglomerate, will buy only palm oil that does not contribute to deforestation or the loss of high carbon tropical peatlands.
… and resolution of social and / or land conflicts consistent with the principle of …
The world is facing the imminent threat of severe climate disruption from the warming Arctic, write Robert & Jack Hunziker, leading to a global crisis. But the response of the powerful is only to increase fossil fuel exploitation - and damn the consequences.
… Max Hofman in 'Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict, The Arab Spring and Climate Change' … and Cullen S. Hendrix, Food Insecurity and Conflict, The World Development Report 2011.) …
The Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology appears to have violated scientific standards by withdrawing a study which found that rats fed on a Monsanto GM corn were more likely to develop cancer than controls. William Engdahl investigates.
… the GMO industry, apparently creating serious conflicts of interest. Corporate Europe … a panel of scientists beyond any suspicion of conflicts of interest; and it failed to …
The apparently lower productivity of organic farming systems is caused by research bias, writes Lauren C. Ponisio, and the far greater research spending on 'conventional' agriculture. Funds should be redirected to agro-ecological methods that are highly productive, sustainable and maintain biodiversity.
… this question , but previous studies have had conflicting results. Combining studies carried …
A scientific study that identified serious health impacts on rats fed on 'Roundup ready' GMO maize has been republished following its controversial retraction under strong commercial pressure. Now regulators must respond and review GMO and agro-chemical licenses, and licensing procedures.
… the retraction was "a historic example of conflicts of interest in the scientific …