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- Connexions
Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1979
- Connexions Library: Agriculture and Farming Focus
Resource Type: Website Published: 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on farming and agriculture.
- Cotton-pickin trade
US and European growers receive government subsidies while farmers in Mali struggle to survive on 300$ a year Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 Inequity in the global tradiing system of cotton means that farmers in West Africa struggle to survive. International prices have been driven down by subsidies and disproportionately disadvantage the poorest producers. The author inteviews these farmers and investigates the benefits of fair trade cotton in West Africa to the producers and their communities.
- The Fight for Canada
Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism Resource Type: Book Published: 1993 In an effort to realize their grand dream of one nation from Panama to the Arctic, Americans have attempted to conquer Canada using war, trade sanctions, and political interventions of all kinds. "That fight for Canada continues to this day," says David Orchard.
- GE-contaminated flax seed raises concerns for Canadian organic sector
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 GE-contaminated flax seed raises concerns for Canadian organic sector. The Organic Trade Association (OTA) in Canada has called the recent discovery of contaminated flax seed in Europe â#ounacceptable,â## and said biotechnology companies must take
- The Great Grain Drain
An Analysis of Factors Contributing to Food insecurity in the Developing Countries Resource Type: Book Published: 1998 The right to food is a fundamental human right. How then do we account for the over 800 million food insecure people in the world of which approximately 350 million reside in India? The problem, especially in India, is often not lack of food but lack of access to it. This book brings together the thoughts of India's foremost thinkers on the issue of food insecurity.
- How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
Resource Type: Article Published: 2010
- Indian agribusiness sets sights on land in east Africa
Resource Type: Article Published: 2011 Indian investors plan to spend $2.5bn on acquiring vast tracts of cheap farming land in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- Organic Trade Association in Canada opposes introduction of genetically engineered alfalfa
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 The Organic Trade Association (OTA) in Canada has registered strong opposition to federal permission to allow production of genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa in Canada.â#oAlfalfa is a perfect crop for Canadian organic agriculture..."
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 21, 2018
What are we eating? Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2018 What are we eating? A simple question which opens up a labyrinth of devilishly complex issues about production and distribution, access to land, control of water, prices, health and safety, migrant labour, and much else. For millions of people, the answer is brutally simple: not enough to survive. UNICEF estimates that 300 million children go to bed hungry each night, and that more than 8,000 children under the age of five die of malnutrition every day. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 12% of the world's population is chronically malnourished. How is this possible in a world where there is an enormous surplus of food, where farmers are paid not to grow food? A short answer is that food production and distribution are driven by the need to make profits, rather than by human needs.
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