Two-weeks increase in food billionaires’ wealth is enough to fully fund East Africa hunger crisis response.
… facing hunger and destitution. In Somalia, maize prices were six times higher (78 per … the global increase In Kenya, the price of maize flour, the main staple, has doubled in …
US Investment bank Goldman Sachs convinced government officials in the early 1990s to allow it to start gambling on the price of food. Alan Bjerga explains how they did it
… in key commodities, like wheat and maize, is being linked to recent volatile food … speculation is squeezing small-scale Mexican maize farmers and allowing agribusiness to … crisis A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for …
The Shock of the Anthropocene has been translated from French into English and published by Verso. NATALIE BENNETT, the former Green Party leader, explains how it is an important, informative and interesting book which all ecologists should read.
… and illogicality of the choices made: maize production used to produce 10 calories …
A second canal joining the Pacific and Atlantic oceans is planned for Nicaragua, writes Nathan Wood. But the gigantic project is raising growing fears due to a grossly unfair contract, glaring failures of process, close links to the Chinese government, and its enormous - but uncosted - ecological impacts.
The Nicaragua Canal - a disaster in waiting? Nathan Wood | 15th August 2014 News Nicaragua China Transport Water Forests Economics lake-nicaragua-cut.jpg A second canal joining the Pacific and …
Unsustainable farming systems that damage the environment and public health thrive at the expense of sustainable producers. Patrick Holden makes the case for "true cost accounting" ...
… that were cleared to grow the soya and maize the chicken is fed on; the cost of …
What's the point of farming? To produce an abundance of wholesome food, writes Colin Tudge, while supporting a flourishing rural economy and a sustainable, biodiverse countryside. Yet the powers that be, determined to advance industrial agriculture at all costs, are achieving the precise opposite. It's time for a revolution in our food and farming culture, led by the people at large.
… of cereal per year, mostly wheat, rice, and maize, which is enough to supply 7 billion …
Big may look impressive, but life can be hell for the individual in agriculture today. The problems are vast and complex, and do not lend themselves to easy answers. So what is the agricultural crisis all about, and what can be done to tackle it? Steven Gorelick seeks out the true root of the crisis.
… Chiapas, Mexico, for example, produces maize, squash, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, …