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Making food systems work for people and planet
… With food hitting the headlines like never before, the International … food production and distribution for environmental and social gain. Towards Food Sovereignty is an online book with linked video and audio files, whose … Food and agriculture … Making food systems work for people and planet …
News, 06 May 2008
Drying medicinal plants, the knowledge of which is passed down through generations. In South Asia alone, there are more than 8,000 plant species with known medicinal value (Photo: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit)
Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
… in regenerating biodiversity-rich farming and locally-controlled food systems in India, Indonesia, Iran, Mali and Peru to provide some … to emphasise the participants’ commitment to working together towards ensuring food sovereignty and fostering locally-led initiatives for the protection and … Food and agriculture …
Project, 15 August 2013
Transforming agri-food research for citizen participation and the public good
… funded research shapes the choices that are available to farmers, food workers, consumers, and the environments in which they live and … – See workshop report (PDF 1.6MB)   Agricultural Research for Food Sovereignty – a report on a workshop held at Terra Preta (PDF 121K) : … Economia, Rome, Italy Transforming Knowledge and Ways of Knowing in Towards Food Sovereignty. Reclaiming autonomous Food Systems ( Download …
Article, 15 July 2009
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Affirming Life and Diversity: Rural images and voices on food sovereignty in South India
… and female vision of the different ways their community has worked towards sustaining their own food systems, dynamically conserved their biodiversity and regenerated … Food and agriculture … Affirming Life and Diversity: Rural images and voices on food sovereignty in South India …
Publication, 01 April 2008
‘Virtuous circles’ can help secure food supplies and address climate change
… by IIED paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of … into the sea and leaving the soil forever poorer. “A transformation towards re-localised food systems will significantly help to address … “Circular systems also provide the basis for economic and political sovereignty – the ability of citizens to democratically manage their own …
News, 22 November 2011
Delegates at the international symposium on agroecology (Photo: John Choptiany/FAO)
Agroecology offers FAO a 'new window' on agriculture
… around 400 people at the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition (Rome, 18 and 19 September). Delegates from … more than 30 years, but also in Africa, especially through the Food Sovereignty movement , and in Europe, where countries such as France and … a more structural transformation; food value chains are reoriented towards increased efficiency and re-localisation; and consumers make …
Insight, 02 October 2014
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Will COVID-19 leave fuel-rich African countries gasping for breath?
… create complications for countries that rely on imports to maintain food supplies . Historical predation from colonial powers means even … A stark warning Africa faces a triple challenge: transition towards energy security; moving towards a low carbon emissions pathway; … has not had its share of the carbon budget and not exercised full sovereignty in terms of energy choices, adopting new perspectives on …
Insight, 27 April 2020
Call for agricultural research to serve people and planet
… Farmers and food consumers worldwide need a stronger say in how agricultural … research system. The publication is the latest in a series called Towards Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming autonomous food systems, which explores equity … Food and agriculture …
News, 06 May 2009
Rainforest logged to make way for palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation for agribusiness is destroying habitats and the ecosystems upon which local communities depend (Photo: David Gilbert/RAN, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
… had previously been marginal in commercial terms. And with the global food price hike of a few years ago, millions of hectares of land were … Bjorklund; Oxford University Press), pp. 177-214 Land, Property and Sovereignty in International Law (2017), Cardozo Journal of … and Development (LEAD) Journal 13(2):115-133 Reconsidering Sovereignty, Ownership and Consent in Natural Resource Contracts: From …
Article, 04 March 2019