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Ecosystem economics - Can we put a price on nature?
Feb 14, 2012: Nature provides us, directly or indirectly, with a full array of 'services' on which, as humans, we all depend and benefit from : clean air and water, food, energy, fibre, climate and flood regulations, to name only a few.
Advocacy for sustainable agriculture
Feb 08, 2012: How to bring agro-ecology on the political agenda? How to convince people that sustainable agriculture can feed the world? Interesting insights from Julia Wright’s presentation during Policy Opportunities for Agroecology session during Oxford Real Farming Conference (Fringe 2012)
In a rush for land
Dec 22, 2011: We seem to hear more and more about land grabbing lately, and rightly so. In the first decade of 2000, large scale land deals have covered a total of 203 million hectares. This is larger than the total land area of Mexico, the 14th largest country in the world.
Grain receive Right Livelihood Award
Dec 09, 2011: On 5 December 2011, Grain, an international research organisation that support small farmers, received the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm.
From Fossil Fuels to Ecosystem Services: Feeding a growing population
Nov 2, 2011: With the current global economic crisis, the associated hike in food prices, and the imminent reality of one billion people facing food insecurity, how can we ensure the provision of a long-term food supply for a global population that has now reached seven billion people?
“Can agriculture feed the world?” Students’ answer is YES!
Oct 27, 2011: At the scientific students conference “Can agriculture feed the world?” in Wageningen last week the students and keynote speakers agreed: Yes agriculture can feed the world.
Modifying Peru
Sep 09, 2011: Last month the people of Peru marched on Lima, campaigning against GMOs. Each year around 100,000 tourists visit Peru to sample its renowned cuisine and even more are expected this year to attend Mistura 2011, an international food fair promoting organic produce as well as rustic Peruvian cuisine.
The food crisis in the Horn of Africa: Beyond food aid and cash transfers
Aug 24, 2011: Recent headlines are dominated by what has been described as ’the worse drought the Horn of Africa has suffered in sixty years’. This comes as no surprise.
The PAA: a Brazilian policy instrument that creates regional markets
Aug 15, 2011: An interview with Catia Grisa.
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