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/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:20:43 GMT http://www.grain.org/images/grain-logo-white_small.png http://www.grain.org/rss/ 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 01:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=610 http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=567 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=567 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=604 http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=42 by GRAIN One of the non-negotiable elements in the flurry of free trade agreements (FTAs) signed over the last decade or currently being negotiated is that t Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=604 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=603 IN THIS ISSUE... The "global food crisis", as a hot topic, has disappeared from the headlines of most of the world's press. Now that speculators have made a killing, prices are falling from the hea Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=603 http://www.grain.org/go/birdflu Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/go/birdflu http://www.grain.org/m/?id=201 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=201 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=597 By GRAIN http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=211 The European Union is promoting “association agreements” or “cooperation agreements” with Latin American countries. These agreements appear weaker Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=597 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=583 IN THIS ISSUE One of the few benefits of the current food crisis is that it is focusing attention on the way food reaches some of the most disadvantaged people in the world. As we show in our edito Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=583 http://www.grain.org/m/?id=191 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=191 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=577 ====================== This is a pre-release of the editorial on the food crisis of the July 2008 issue of GRAIN's Seedling magazine. We decided to distribute this now in support of the mobilisatio Fri, 30 May 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=577 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=576 ======================== Civil Society statement on the World Food Emergency - No More “Failures-as-Usual"! 22 May 2008 - The statement was prepared ahead of the FAO Conference on Food Sovereig Fri, 23 May 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=576 http://www.grain.org/go/foodcrisis Thu, 22 May 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/go/foodcrisis http://www.grain.org/m/?id=188 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/m/?id=188 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=565 A new report by GRAIN - http://www.grain.org/2/?id=39 The world food crisis is hurting a lot of people, but global agribusiness firms, traders and speculators are raking in huge profits. Much o Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=565 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=562 QUICK LINKS See the Seedling issue online: http://www.grain.org/seedling/?type=72 Download the entire issue in PDF: http://www.grain.org/seedling/?id=540pdf (6.4 MB) Details of articles below. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=562 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=557 GRAIN | "Against the grain" | 26 February 2008 http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=36 After months of extraordinary publicity, and with the apparently unanimous support of the international scientif Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=557 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=554 A new report by GRAIN - "Bird flu in eastern India: another senseless slaughter" The carnage of poultry, in which 3.7 million birds were culled, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is a stri Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=554 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=551 Press release | 7 February 2008 FIGHTING FTAS: NEW PUBLICATION AND WEBSITE ON RESISTANCE TO BILATERAL FREE TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS LAUNCHED bilaterals.org, GRAIN and BIOTHAI are today l Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=551 http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=549 In this special edition of Seedling, we take close look at the livestock industry. Behind the scenes this global industry is going through a rapid process of concentration as it extends its control ov Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=549 http://www.grain.org/fao/ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.grain.org/fao/