System of Rice Intensification in Karnataka India
In this short video from Karnataka, India, the narrator explains why the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is such an important innovation for many rice farmers. It produces higher...
Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Change
Climate change is a global phenomenon. It’s inflicting damage on communities from Asia to Latin America, and everywhere in between, but it’s important to remember that climate change does...
American Anthropological Association Reports on Climate Change
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has released its comprehensive report on the relationship between human societies and climate change. After three years of study by the Global Climate Change...
“Bumper Harvest” Expected in Tamil Nadu from System of Rice Intensification
A journalist from the Hindu newspaper has reported that rice farmers in India’s southernmost state are expecting a “bumper harvest” as a result of adopting the System of Rice...
The Value of Traditional Seeds for Small Farmers
Here is a highly informative video that explains the value of traditional seeds to many small farmers in India. When the Government of India pushed farmers to switch to...
World-Wide, Indigenous Activists Lead the Fight Against Climate Change
It will be a momentous accomplishment for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to complete a legally binding agreement in Paris next year that limits carbon emissions and...
Lima Climate Talks Bogged Down and Un-ambitious; Need to Listen to Grassroots Organizations
This week, representatives from more than 120 nations are meeting in Lima, Peru for the UN Summit on Climate Change. The convention is the latest round of international negotiations...
Coal not the development solution needed by India’s poor
The New York Times reported today that India plans to double its reliance on coal power over the next five years. The country already extracts 565 million tons of...
Stopping Simplot and the Innate Potato in Its Tracks
On November 7th, the United States Department of Agriculture approved a new brand of genetically modified potato for commercial planting. The potato is called the Innate Potato, and it’s...
Regulating Synthetic Biology – Why the US Will Not Take a Precautionary Approach
Now that the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity has urged nations to “take a precautionary approach” to regulating synthetic biology, it’s time for the United States to initiate...