http://www.grain.org/rss/ GRAIN is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge. en-us Copyright respective to author http://www.grain.org/rss/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:39:36 GMT http://www.grain.org/images/grain-logo-white_small.png http://www.grain.org/rss/ http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=663 (BILATERALS.ORG is a collaborative initiative that GRAIN participates in) Dear friends Today we are relaunching bilaterals.org with new features and a new design. Major changes to the website Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=663 http://www.grain.org/m/?id=253 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=253 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=658 GRAIN is launching today a new website that offers the most comprehensive information tool on the global land grab for outsourced food production: http://farmlandgrab.org. This new site is an improved Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=658 http://www.grain.org/m/?id=246 Wed, 13 May 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=246 http://www.grain.org/landgrab/ Fri, 01 May 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/landgrab/ http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=642 Mexico is in the midst of a hellish repeat of Asia's bird flu experience, though on a more deadly scale. Once again, the official response from public authorities has come too late and bungled in cove Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=642 http://www.grain.org/m/?id=234 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=234 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=637 A photo essay by GRAIN, either in video or slideshow format: http://www.grain.org/pe/?id=232 GRAIN staff visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines in March 2009, o Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=637 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=636 SEEDLING APRIL 2009 IN THIS ISSUE... Despite growing evidence that industrial farming is destroying our planet, the giant agricultural corporations are continuing to tighten their grip over wor Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=636 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=631 THE SOILS OF WAR The real agenda behind agricultural reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=217 Asia has seen its fair share of disasters in recent years; floo Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=631 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=626 Press Release, Madrid, 26 January 2009 FARMERS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS CALL FOR A FUNDAMENTAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM The alternative exists: food sovereignty -- where every state h Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=626 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=624 New from GRAIN January 2009 http://www.grain.org/seedling/?type=75 SEEDLING JANUARY 2009 NOW AVAILABLE Once again genetic modification features strongly in this edition of Seedling. Such is Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=624 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=621 A new report from GRAIN Nerica rice varieties, a cross between African and Asian rice, are being hailed as a "miracle crop" that can bring Africa its long-promised green revolution in rice. A powe Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=621 http://www.grain.org/m/?id=218 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=218 http://www.grain.org/videos/?id=194 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/videos/?id=194 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=610 A new report from GRAIN Today's food and financial crises have, in tandem, triggered a new global land grab. "Food insecure" governments that rely on imports to feed their people are snapping up fa Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=610