Which countries use free trade deals to push corporate control over seeds? Which countries are under attack from these deals? In the early 1990s, through the World Trade Organisation (WTO), seed corporations successfully lobbied governments to give up sovereignty over their seeds and give in to the system of intellectual property rights on plant varieties. […]
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Source: DevelopmentAid 30 November 2021 By Ana Benoliel Coutinho Healthy nutritious food is a basic need for all but it is of even higher importance for children. Schools, which play an important role in children’s nutrition and in the development of their food habits, are often limited in the resources available for healthier diets. In an
18 October 2021 Original source: DevelopmentAid By Ana Benoliel Coutinho The global community celebrated World Food Day on 16 October. The theme this year was the four betters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which refer to better production, better nutrition, better environment, and better life. Land is a primary resource
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A great work from our partners in ECA region enabled the publication of FAO Report on monitoring schemes and data collection on biodiversity for food and agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. “The report examines the existence of data collection, monitoring systems, and conservation initiatives as well as legislation and policies related to BFA in
Rome, Italy. 14 October 2021. (CSM source) Governments have not reached a clear consensus on the outcomes or way forward from the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) following intergovernmental debates at the 49th plenary session of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS 49). Civil society and indigenous peoples are deeply concerned about the
CSM Positioning on the CFS Policy Recommendations on agroecological and other innovative approaches
16 September 2021 By DevelopmentAid / Ana Benoliel Coutinho Agricultural biodiversity is considered to have the greatest potential to ensure both the actual and potential availability of food for humans as it includes the organisms and natural processes that support food production. While these have all been progressively degraded and are in decline, the attention
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A workshop has been held in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) from 6 to 9 September 2021, gathering women organizations from Uzbekistan (Mohira Bonu); Kazakhstan (Zher Ana–Astana); Kyrgyzstan (ADI); Tajikistan (Tomiris). All organizations are strongly committed to support rural women populations in developing agroecology. Central Asia is a region where agroecology is deeply rooted (and where agroecology concept
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