This report by Greenpeace/TWN calls on the Chinese government to investigate the implications of a number of foreign patents on food security, farmers’ livelihood and threat of lawsuits by patent holders. […]
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This paper argues that organic agriculture can play a significant role in meeting the food security needs of Africa. It was presented at a conference in Oslo, Norway, 6-8 June 2007. […] This article highlights the move by many farmers in India to switch from chemical-based agriculture to organic farming and the benefits they derived from it. […] An FAO report argues that organic agriculture offers valuable techniques that could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. […] This briefing looks at claims that the drought-tolerant crops will soon to be released and that they produce higher yield while countering climate change. […] This paper, by Miguel Altieri, President of the Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA) and Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley, argues that small farms are ecological assets. […] Fact sheets on the EU authorisation process, GMOs, the environmental, health and socio-economic impacts of GMOs […] On 22 May 2008, a Special UN Session was held to discuss the global food crisis. It adopted a resolution that expressed grave concern at the worsening world food crisis, which seriously undermines the realization of the right to food for all. […] This briefing sets out in detail the amount of land growing GM crops around the world following recent exaggerated claims regarding the extent of GM cultivation. […] Scientific evidence suggests that biocontainment will not work to prevent the genes from GE trees from escaping. […] |
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