The Kwegu people of Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley are facing starvation because of the loss of their land to a huge sugar plantation, the destruction of their forest and the damming of the Omo river - supported by a UK, EU and World Bank funded 'aid' program.
… Normally the Kwegu grow crops of sorgum, maize and 'green gram', a protein-rich lentil, …
A land grab twice the size of France is under way in Ethiopia, as the government pursues the wholesale seizure if indigenous lands to turn them over to dams and plantations for sugar, palm oil, cotton and biofuels run by foreign corporations, destroying ancient cultures and turning Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, into a new Aral Sea.
… into cultivation include, sugar, cotton, maize, palm oil and biofuels. These have no … region's food security, producing sorghum, maize and beans on the flood plains. This …
How do the Maasai in northern Tanzania reconcile their values of reciprocity and social interaction with social distancing and the impacts of globalisation?
… by so-called ‘modern societies’, like rice, maize flour, bread, processed oils and sugary …
Never mind Brazil's COP21 promises to cut its carbon emissions, writes Jan Rocha. New laws passing through Congress will encourage deforestation by removing safeguards and opening up indigenous territories to mega-projects. Serious drought is already contributing to a big increase in forest fires.
… new agricultural powerhouse, producing soy, maize and cotton. "We only get indignant when …
How pre-industrial societies and cultures mesh together with their host environments.
… a vast range of staple food crops such as maize, potatoes, avocados, tomatoes, manioc, … ground, where the women cultivate millet and maize, and men herd their cattle on nearby …
The Kawahiva, an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest, face extinction unless Brazil's government acts to secure their legal rights to land, security and to remain undisturbed by outsiders, writes Lewis Evans. The decree that would achieve this vital goal has been sitting on the Minister of Justice's desk since 2013. Let's make sure he signs it soon, before it's too late.
… and burn farmers destroy the forests to grow maize, sugar and soya, ranchers create …
Mexico's conquistadors outlawed amaranth - a highly nutritious seed farmed by the indigenous peoples for millennia - due to its use in religious rituals. But it's now being hailed as a 'superfood', writes Anna Bruce, and a growing number of Mexican campesinos are once again cultivating the 'noble plant' among their corn, squash and beans.
… Puente. Alba is an ambitious farmer, growing maize and bean plants, as well as award …
A 'harmonic convergence' in the Mayan calendar set off something big for Craig Sams and his Belizean partners. First, Green & Blacks chocolate - and now an even more ambitious project to restore the world's soils using biochar and organic farming systems.
… palm, coffee and subsistence foods such as maize, beans and cereals are competitive with …