Agriculture
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Global Irrigated Area at Record Levels
In 2009, the most recent year for which global data are available from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 311 million hectares in … Global Irrigated Area at Record LevelsRead more
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2014: International year of family farming
Food security is one of the most pressing global issues of the day. What could be more important than making sure people have enough to … 2014: International year of family farmingRead more
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Scaling up seed sovereignty
At a time when seed corporations are pressuring African governments to pass new laws which will create legally-binding seed monopolies (as in Ghana), it is … Scaling up seed sovereigntyRead more
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Ghana’s Monsanto seed law faces set back
When Ghana’s government embarked on passing a set of new seed policies into law last year, they were probably hoping to do so quietly. After … Ghana’s Monsanto seed law faces set backRead more
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Only 60 years of farming left if soil degradation continues
Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world’s top soil could be gone … Only 60 years of farming left if soil degradation continuesRead more
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Pesticide-resistant insects add insult to drought injury
Last winter, I wrote about evidence that one of Monsanto’s flagship GMO product lines — seeds engineered to produce the pesticide Bt — was succumbing … Pesticide-resistant insects add insult to drought injuryRead more
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Seattle Tilth to create urban agriculture
McAuliffe Park is one of Kirkland’s oldest homesteads with only two different families owning the land from 1877 until the city of Kirkland finished purchasing … Seattle Tilth to create urban agricultureRead more
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From backyard farmer to community visionary in Oakland
Abeni Ramsey started growing food in her West Oakland backyard when she was a college-aged single mom who wanted her kids to eat better food … From backyard farmer to community visionary in OaklandRead more