Seed Freedom! A last chance to thwart the great African seed grab

This is a crucial week for millions of African farmers – the week in which, under the guise of ‘plant protection’, they may lose the right […]

Another Common Herbicide Linked to Cancer

[…] a working group of scientists convened by the World Health Organization has taken aim at another widely used herbicide, 2,4-D […]

Studies show that glyphosate and Roundup cause malformations in laboratory animals […]

A federal judge in Argentina has ruled that an unprecedented class action lawsuit, demanding a ban on the release of GMOs […]

An analysis by Sangeeta Shashikant (Third World Network) — A new draft legal framework for […]

By building soil organic matter, we can make farming systems much more resilient […]

[…] Annual suicide rates in rainfed areas are inversely related to farm size and yield, and directly related to increases in Bt cotton adoption.

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UNHCR, 18 June 2015 —
Globally, one in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.

By Dr Vandana Shiva — ‘Laudato Si’ is first of all a call for a change in consciousness and a world view from the the dominant paradigm […]