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How Much Did the Green Revolution Matter? or Can We Feed the World Without Industrial Agriculture? by Sharon Astyk
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Agricultural Contracting: Trading Autonomy for Risk Reduction Nigel Key James MacDonald
Trade and Subsidies
Still at the Federal Trough: Farm Subsidies for the Rich and Famous Shattered Records in 2001 by Brian M. Riedl
Washington Consensus
Washington Consensus or Development Economics? by Paul Rayment
Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the Post- Washington Consensus By Motta, Sara
WATER
Farmers feel squeezed in as water becomes scarce By Staci Matlock | The New Mexican
Taos County Water Supplies: The Myth and the Facts By Ron Gardiner
World Wide
Ag’s Global Footprint by Joel Makower
Export Statistics for Global Trade
Green Tide By Brian Tokar This article is excerpted from Brian Tokar’s new book, Gene Traders: Biotechnology, World Trade and the Globalization of Hunger
Latin American Wildlands in Danger: U.S. commercial interests are fueling the destruction of some of the world’s most vital ecosystems.
Water Privatization in India Dr. Vandana Shiva, President of the Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology In India, traditionally space, air, water and energy have been viewed as ‘incapable of being bound into property relations.’ Water has been considered as a sacred common heritage to be nurtured, conserved, used sustainabley and shared equitably
WORLD FOOD and SEED
WTO and Agriculture and Food Safety
Trade Treaty of the Peoples: Another integration is possible TCP: For a just trade between peoples
US sabotages GM trade treaty By Jeremy Lennard in Bogota
New Iraq Patent Law Will Make Traditional Farmers Seed Saving Illegal SITE: http://www.ea1.com/CARP/
Revolución Verde
Revolución verde Problemas con la revolución verde
COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON FOOD AID AND KEY MILESTONES
Does Food Aid Benefit its Intended Recipients? by Ryan Cardwell, Department Of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics
La conquista de los transgénicos Por Diego Cevallos
FARM BILL and GM FOODS
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY OPPOSES PROPOSAL IN FARM BILL TO BAR STATE PROHIBITIONS ON GENE-ALTERED FOODS
House Subcommittee Today Approves Language Slipped into Farm Bill that Prevents States from Protecting their Citizens Center for Food Safety Recognizes that Proposal Ties States’ Hands, Weakening Food Safety Protections at a Time When they Need to be Strengthened
CONCERNS ABOUT GE FOOD
Will Genetically Engineered Foods Cause Allergic Reactions? Science Daily — The potential of genetically engineered foods to cause allergic reactions in humans is a big reason for opposition to such crops. Although protocols are in place to ask questions about the allergy-causing possibilities, there has been no test that offers definitive answers.
Genetically Engineered Crop Gene Found for First Time in Bacteria in Human Digestive System Concerns About Antibiotic Resistance Raised
Genetically Engineered Crops May Produce Herbicide Inside Our Intestines By Jeffrey M. Smith – They fail to reveal, however, that after you eat the GM corn, some inactive herbicide may become reactivated inside your gut and cause a toxic reaction. In addition, a gene that was inserted into the corn might transfer into the DNA of your gut bacteria, producing long-term effects.