Every year, the 16th of October is celebrated around the world as World Food Day.All over the world, people and civil society organisations take this opportunity to speak out about the type of...
Diverting agricultural land to produce food is pushing up food prices and putting poor communities at risk of land grabs. Don’t take my word for it. The UN, OECD and UK Parliament’s International...
I’m blogging on how civil society might strategically engage with the G20. Here are two areas in which the G20 could take a significant step forward towards ending poverty and ensuring economic...
EC officially recognises biofuels problem: but what next?In mid October, the European Commission released a key legislative proposal that seeks to amend the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) to take...
In a major shift in its biofuels policy, the European Commission today announced that it was limiting the use of biofuels made from food crops in its renewable energy targets. But late changes to the...
The paper provides an overview of what caused high and volatile prices in international food commodity markets, the major causes of national food price increases, the winners and losers within...
“We own the land and use it for different activities. At anytime the government can make the decision to transfer my land to another user”.This is a quote from a community in Kisarwe, Tanzania, which...
Last week in Rome, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced that there are almost 870 million people chronically undernourished in the world. Controversially though, the FAO also...
Large-scale land acquisitions by investors, which are often called ‘land grabs’, can deprive rural women and communities of their livelihoods and land, increasing their food insecurity. This report...
As this year’s World Food Day approaches, the African continent is faced with a familiar story. Africa’s food situation has not improved and today, even more people are threatened with starvation....
