New from GRAIN 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/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:22:54 GMT grain.org/rss http://www.grain.org/images/grain-logo-white_small.png http://www.grain.org/rss/ [New from GRAIN] Remembering La Gloria: New television documentary traces origins of the H1N1 pandemic back to pig farms in Mexico http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=58 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=58 [New from GRAIN] Climate crisis - Copenhagen - putting agriculture front and centre in the discussions over climate change http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=716 GRAIN PUBLICATIONS BACK CALL FOR ACTION ON AGRICULTURE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE On December 15th, La Via Campesina and a number of other groups will be leading a day of action in Copenhagen to put Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=716 [New from GRAIN] Two new presentations by GRAIN http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=713 GRAIN has published two new presentations today: Land grabbing and the global food crisis - An illustrated overview of the global land grabbing trend, with tables and figures. http://www.grain.org Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=713 Declaration from Social Movements/NGOs/CSOs Parallel Forum to the World Food Summit on Food Security http://peoplesforum2009.foodsovereignty.org/final_declarations Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://peoplesforum2009.foodsovereignty.org/final_declarations [New from GRAIN] GRAIN statement at the joint GRAIN-La Via Campesina media briefing - Stop the global land grab! http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=706 Stop the global land grab! GRAIN STATEMENT AT THE JOINT GRAIN-LA VIA CAMPESINA MEDIA BRIEFING Rome, 16 November 2009 For over a year a half now, we have been watching carefully how investors Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=706 Farmers and social movements say no to land grabbing http://www.grain.org/m/?id=268 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=268 [New from GRAIN] The new farm owners - Corporate investors lead the rush for control over overseas farmland http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=695 This new report [1] from GRAIN brings to light the role of the financial industry in today's global land grab for overseas food production. While so much attention has been focused on the involvement Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=695 Small farmers can cool the world http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=691 The October issue of Seedling, now available online, is devoted to the climate crisis. It looks at the role of industrial agriculture in creating the climate crisis and examines how this contribution Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=691 CGIAR joins global land grab http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=678 An internal document recently posted on the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) website reveals that IRRI has been advising Saudi Arabia in the context of its strategy to acquire farm land ov Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=678