Comments from the Oakland Institute on the food crisis and appropriate policies to address it. […]
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Declaracion de 20 organizaciones de la sociedad civil sobre el resultado de la IAASTD. […] Statement from 20 civil society organizations on the outcome of the IAASTD in South Africa. […] The IAASTD concluded that a radical change is needed in agriculture policy and practice, in order to address hunger and poverty, social inequities and environmental sustainability questions. […] The following article, published in The Ecologist, makes the case that organic farming is productive enough, particularly in developing countries, to feed the world. […] The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, focusing on ex situ collections in gene banks should not be viewed as the solution to seed conservation. […] Sustainable agricultural practices, which include organic farming, that offer many benefits to the environment, biodiversity, local livelihoods, and human health, are viable alternatives to genetic engineering. […] The issue of agricultural biodiversity was discussed at the 13th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) technical body held in Rome in Feb 2008. […] A new report written for Greenpeace by Professor Pete Smith from the University of Aberdeen, a lead author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, examines the direct and indirect impacts of agriculture on climate change. […] Research published online recently demonstrates the benefits of using ‘push-pull’ approaches for controlling insect pests and weeds. […] |
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