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
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 36:595–598 (2012)
A new a study* from McGill University and the University of Minnesota published in the journal Nature compared organic and…
Earlier this year, the US Department of Agriculture opened the door for the unregulated use of Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa. Made…
Agricultural programs have too often scratched where there wasn’t any itching. — Agronomist Roland Bunch1 Meeting the world’s future food…
Nanotechnology is the latest technological innovation being used to transform food, farming and the environment.
Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, delivered his first major address on agriculture last week on…
The search for solutions to hunger, poverty and climate change has brought new intensity to the debate over genetically modified crops.
What must we do differently to overcome poverty and hunger and achieve equitable and sustainable development in the face of environmental crises?
It was just a matter of time… and not long at that. The world food crisis and the explosion of…
Agrofuels are the perfect Trojan Horse, promising not only whole new markets for biotech products, but the entrenchment of GM crops throughout the world.
The global food crisis has provided foundations and multilateral institutions an opportunity to relaunch the Green Revolution in Africa.
Biofuels are the subject of much heated debate. In the hands of big business, just how green are they? And…
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