Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 9, 2023

Likely decline in the number of farms globally by the middle of the century. Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa. Gendered Knowledge, Conservation Priorities and Actions: A Case Study of On-Farm Conservation of Small Millets Among Malayalar of Kolli Hills, South India.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. Biologicals are farm inputs that come from living organisms like plants and bacteria rather than from fossil fuels, the source of nearly all modern pesticides and fertilizers.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This series was created in collaboration with the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance. Support for resilient and diversified seed systems is critical in the upcoming Farm Bill and can also be a direct pathway to support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities and climate change strategies.

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Seeding Food Agriculture Agriculture 96

Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. Moseley sets out to answer why so many approaches to farming and food policy in sub-Saharan Africa have failed. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Agroecology 133

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If

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Maize Science Crop Food 144