Green Revolution

Rather than increasing food production through land reform and agroecology, the Green Revolution promotes technological intensification using new seed varieties, mechanization and agrochemicals. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on the Green Revolution

Golden Rice and Scientific Consensus

Blog | Carmelo Ruiz | Jul 15, 2016

“The GMO debate is over! The alarmist activists have lost and science has won!” Well – that’s the impression one…

Nyéléni Newsletter No. 26: Land Reform and Food Sovereignty

Nyéléni Newsletter | Nyéléni Newsletter | Jun 14, 2016

Nyéléni Newsletter No. 26: Land Reform and Food Sovereignty A wave of financial capital is crashing down upon the resources held…

The Hunger of Reproach: Is there hope for our food system?

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 13, 2016

I once sat with farmers at a long table during a Bizkaia winter, warming up with a flaming carajillo, trying…

Pueblos Indigenas de Guatemala Rechazan Protocolo de Nagoya

Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Jun 10, 2016

Claiming that it would endanger traditional seeds, the Ancestral Council of Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala rejected the “Nagoya Protocol” that…

Pesticide Action Network: New GE Report misses its own point

Blog | Marcia Ishii-Eiteman | May 27, 2016

Last week, the National Academies of Science (NAS) attracted much media attention with the release of its new report, “Genetically…

Seed laws, certification and standardization: outlawing informal seed systems in the Global South

Academic Publication | Tamara Wattnem | Mar 17, 2016

A series of relatively new seed laws are becoming novel mechanisms of accumulation by dispossession in agriculture. Many researchers have…

When a banana is much more than a banana

Blog | Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and Rivka Fidel | Mar 7, 2016

Ames, Iowa – A recent controversy about an upcoming genetically engineered (GE) banana study at Iowa State University (ISU) highlights…

The Spurning of Monsanto: Tip of the iceberg?

Blog | Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero | Feb 22, 2016

Early this month the Syngenta corporation made history by accepting a buyout bid from the Chinese state-owned company ChemChina. The…

Corporate vision of the future of food promoted at the UN

Blog | Ana Galvis | Feb 16, 2016

Published on Monday, 15 February 2016 12:37 Press release – La Via Campesina, ETC and Grain More than 100 civil…

Ten Reasons why Biotechnology will not ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment and Reduce Poverty in The Developing World

Blog | Miguel Altieri and Peter Rosset | Feb 10, 2016

Recently La Via Campesina, ETC and Grain released a report denouncing how biotechnology is “showing up at FAO” and explaining…

Civil Society Statement on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa

Blog | Food First | Jun 3, 2015

Call of civil society organizations to their governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa We,…

Reimagining the Seed: From private property to shared heritage

Blog | Maywa Montenegro | May 6, 2015

A new report by La Vía Campesina and GRAIN calls attention to ways in which peasant seed systems are under…