Agriculture in so much of the world is still so strongly attached to the rich and sustaining cultures. As children begin to be educated in systems driven primarily by economic concerns, cultural landscapes are beginning to change the aspirations and expectations,...
When we think of farmers, we tend to think of men, but the reality is that at least 50% of all the world’s food is produced by women. In one of the more remote areas of #Odisha, eastern India live small communities of subsistence farmers, who, over the last few years...
“Why is it we live in a world that only focuses on the symptoms and never the cause? How is it that the very systems that have undermined social and environmental sustainability are now the systems being put forward as a solution? The great developmental paradox of...
##Biopiracy is the practice of commercially exploiting naturally occurring biochemical or genetic material, especially by obtaining patents that restrict its future use, while failing to pay fair compensation to the community from which it originates. The US patent...
“One who doesn’t keep seed is not a farmer,” says Adolfo a progressive farmer in #El Salvador. Adolfo is possibly one of the most dynamic, progressive and positive farmers in his district. Faced with a changing climate, he has begun to plant over 60...
imunify-bot-check
