Twelve Myths About Hunger
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins and Peter Rosset | Aug 1, 1998
Why so much hunger? What can we do about it? To answer these questions we must unlearn much of what we have been taught.
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Banana War in the Philippines
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Jul 1, 1998
This dispute, which could paralyze most of Dole's Philippine banana operations, highlights the possible consequences of economic liberalization in the wake of the economic meltdown in southeast Asia.
Asian Financial Crisis: The Movie
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Walden Bello | Apr 1, 1998
After seeing Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, I told myself that surely I could manage something better on the Asian financial crisis.
The Myth: Scarcity. The Reality: There Is Enough Food.
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins and Peter Rosset | Apr 1, 1998
The world produces enough grain to feed everyone on the planet.
The Potential of Agroecology to Combat Hunger in the Developing World
Policy Brief | Lori Ann Thrupp, Miguel Altieri and Peter Rosset | Jan 11, 1998
Agroecology is suitable for small farmers, has positive impacts on equity and is environmentally friendly.
Haitian and California Farmers: Squeezed by the Same Company
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Deborah Toler and Marytza Gawlik | Oct 1, 1996
The agreements President Aristide signed continue a long US tradition of undermining Haiti's food self-sufficiency and Haitians' household food security.
The Campesino a Campesino Movement: Farmer-led sustainable agriculture
Development Report | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 1, 1996
Farmers helping their brothers so that they can help themselves to find solutions and not be dependent on a technician or on the bank. That is Campesino a Campesino.
Consolidating the Commodity Chain: Organic farming and agribusiness in northern California
Development Report | Christina Getz, Daniel Buck and Julie Guthman | Jan 31, 1996
This study focuses on the northern California vegetable sector.
Land, Food and the Politics of Agrarian Reform in South Africa
Development Report | David Weiner and Richard Levin | Nov 1, 1995
Despite newly won political freedoms, approximately one-half of South Africa's 41 million people still live in deep poverty and at least seven million live in shacks.
A Bitter Pill: Structural adjustment in Costa Rica
Development Report | Alicia Korten | Jun 1, 1995
Under structural adjustment, export industries received support while corn, bean and rice farmers lost their government sponsored credit and price supports.
Chile’s Free-Market Miracle: A Second Look
Book | John Lear and Joseph Collins | Jan 1, 1995
Collins and Lear present a close examination of the "Chilean miracle," demonstrating how well the "exception" fits the rule: success for the few, disaster for the many.
Chiapas and the Crisis of Mexican Agriculture
Policy Brief | Peter Rosset and Roger Burbach | Dec 1, 1994
The rebellion in southern Mexico led by the Zapatista National Liberation Army is rooted in the profound agricultural crisis of the state of Chiapas.
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