La Via Campesina: Only peasant sustainable agriculture can feed Africa!
Industrial Agriculture and GMOs are false solutions to the food crisis Only peasant sustainable agriculture can feed Africa! More on www.viacampesina.org (Masvingo, 18th June 2011) – African farmers’...
View ArticleEight Ways Monsanto Fails at Sustainable Agriculture
Cross-posted from the Union of Concerned Scientists Monsanto Company is the dominant player in commercial genetically engineered (GE) crops, the biggest seed company in the world, and—to hear them tell...
View ArticleBiogas boom threatens future of Germany’s shepherds
By Renate Nimtz-Koester, August 9, 2012. Source: Der Spiegel online Corn used for biofuel is taking over vast stretches of traditional grazing land in Germany. The change is transforming the landscape,...
View ArticleTanzania: Organic farmers weather climate change successfully
By Deodatus Mfugale, 15th August 2012. Source: IPP Media About 80 percent of Tanzanians are farmers most of whom are small-scale, who struggle to meet their basic needs and are thus likely not happy...
View ArticleIndia: Beating the weather with sustainable crops
By Keya Acharya, August 21, 2012. Source: IPS Bundelkhand’s ravine wastelands. Photo: Keya Acharya/IPS BUNDELKHAND, India – Narrow, cobblestoned lanes separate the rows of mud houses with cool...
View ArticleTraditional farming holds all the aces
Note: As our allies with La Via Campesina say, “Small farmers cool the planet.” -The GJEP Team By Manipadma Jena, February 1, 2013. Source: Inter Press Service Last monsoon season, 65-year-old...
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