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GRAIN | 25 April 2012 | food crisis, hybrid rice | Philippines
The Philippines' Agriculture Secretary announces his government is going ahead with a large-scale evaluation of three Basmati rice varieties for export to Kuwait and Qatar, while, at the same time, he says they are pursuing the outsourcing of hybrid rice production in Cambodia.
Olivier De Schutter | 12 March 2012 | food crisis
Al Jazeera | 29 December 2011 | food crisis, climate crisis | Kenya
Excellent video programme investigates how climate change and commodity speculation are fueling hunger and conflict in Kenya, and explores what is and what is not being done in response.
Via Campesina, Ibrahim Coulibaly | 28 October 2011 | food crisis | Mali
"I want to encourage each of you when we sit in front our plates of food this lunchtime, to meditate and recall that human beings are dying of hunger and malnutrition at this very moment because costly meetings are organized around their fate but without the actions that could save them being carried out. We can no longer wait."
Splendid intervention of Via Campesina's Ibrahim Coulibaly at the October meeting of the FAO Committee on World Food Security
Siena Chrisman | 13 October 2011 | land grabbing, food crisis, actions | United States
Food activists joined the "Occupy Wall Street" march. Here they explain why.
Olivier De Schutter and Gaëtan Vanloqueren | 20 September 2011 | food crisis, climate crisis
The combined effects of climate change, energy scarcity, and water paucity require that we radically rethink our agricultural systems. Countries can and must reorient their agricultural systems toward modes of production that are not only highly productive, but also highly sustainable.
The Real News Network | 22 July 2011 | food crisis, corporations
Jayati Ghosh on how speculation, concentration of ownership and hoarding creates food price bubbles
25 May 2011 | food crisis, climate crisis | United States
A great 10 minute video from Whyhunger explaining how the current food system is one of the main drivers behind the climate crisis, and how food sovereignty can be a major solution. A perspective from the USA.
08 March 2011 | food crisis, seeds & biodiversity, food sovereignty
According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. He's right. Read his study.
14 November 2010 | food crisis, corporations, climate crisis
A video with Peter Rosset's take on the issue. Good introduction.