Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 9, 2023

Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa. Understanding farmer knowledge and site factors in relation to soil-borne pests and pathogens to support agroecological intensification of smallholder bean production systems. Thanks, satellites. Using satellites, no doubt.

biotechnology 179

biotechnology Farming Farming Crop 179

Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. Drawing from decades of field research, he argues that the answer is in strategies that are based in colonial agricultural science. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.

Food 133

Food Agriculture Agriculture Agroecology 133

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. The latest science highlights a range of genetic mishaps that can happen when we engineer living organisms, like gene insertions and deletions that we never intended.

Pesticide 98

Pesticide Fertilizer Acre Crop 98

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 We’ll return shortly to why that is.)

Maize 141

Maize Science Food Crop 141