Small-Scale Farmers Integral to Food Security in a Changing Climate

This paper recommends a proactive rights-based approach with agroecology as the framework to support small-scale, agriculturally biodiverse farming systems in order to secure local and global food security in this era of climate change. […]

Small-Scale Farmers Integral to Food Security in a Changing Climate

Daphnia Fed with Bt Maize Leaves Show Chronic Responses

A new study has found significant negative chronic effects in Daphnia fed with GM insect-resistant maize leaves such as smaller body size, reduced growth and decreased fertility. […]

Daphnia Fed with Bt Maize Leaves Show Chronic Responses

Agroecology is Productive, Inclusive and Increases Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change

Policy-makers are urged to use the technology justice framework and give priority to the promotion of agroecological practices, which are productive, inclusive and increase adaptive capacity to climate change. […]

A Systems-Based Assessment of GMOs Urgently Needed

SEEING GMOS FROM A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE: THE NEED FOR COMPARATIVE CARTOGRAPHIES OF AGRI/CULTURES FOR SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT

Amaranta Herrero, Fern Wickson and Rosa Binimelis

September 11th, 2015 | Category: Assessment & Impacts

A Systems-Based Assessment of GMOs Urgently Needed

A new paper recommends a systems-based approach to the assessment of GMOs, as standard risk assessments are limited and inadequate to address the range of concerns that exist. […]

Glyphosate confirmed as a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization

On July 29, 2015 a branch of the World Health Organization (WHO) released a monograph of the herbicide glyphosate on which it had based its earlier decision that this chemical is a probable carcinogen for humans. […]

Glyphosate confirmed as a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization

Industrial Food System in the US is Unhealthy, Inequitable and Unsustainable

Current US agricultural/food policies support and perpetuate the dominant industrial model that is neither healthy nor sustainable. What is recommended instead is an approach that combines human rights, public health and an agroecological perspective. […]