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Agriculture & the WTO

The Secrets Behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership

ndchance 14 July, 2014 The Secrets Behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership2014-07-14T20:32:24+00:00 Agriculture & the WTO No Comment
You may or may not have heard that negotiations are currently underway in  Ottawa, Canada to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a free-trade agreement between 12...
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solar power

Solar Power in India! Who Will Benefit?

ndchance 19 May, 2014 Solar Power in India! Who Will Benefit?2014-05-19T21:42:13+00:00 solar power No Comment
India’s National Solar Mission was launched in 2010 with the goal of adding 20,000 Mega-Watts of grid connected solar power by 2022. The National Solar Mission supports small and...
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Agroecology

Getting the Most Out of the Sun: Agrovoltaic farming, Agroforestry, and the Third World

ndchance 9 May, 2014 Getting the Most Out of the Sun: Agrovoltaic farming, Agroforestry, and the Third World2015-01-15T22:16:34+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
A group of researchers in Montpelier, France have developed a new system of farming called agrovoltaic agriculture. This system makes it possible to use the sunlight shining onto fields...
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Uncategorized

Assessing 50 Years of Agrarian Transition in India

ndchance 28 April, 2014 Assessing 50 Years of Agrarian Transition in India2014-04-28T19:56:25+00:00 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Excerpts from the Inaugural Address of Second Chance Foundation Director Dr. Joan Mencher to the International Seminar on Agrarian Transition in India, January 28th 2014. “When I first started...
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Industrial Agriculture

Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture: structural adjustment by another name

ndchance 25 April, 2014 Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture: structural adjustment by another name2014-04-25T21:27:37+00:00 Industrial Agriculture No Comment
The World Bank has once again come under close scrutiny due to a report and campaign launched by the Oakland Institute. The Campaign is called Our Land; Our Business...
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Food Policy

China and the Global Meat Complex

ndchance 3 March, 2014 China and the Global Meat Complex2014-03-03T20:26:43+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
Recently, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy released a set of reports titled Global Meat Complex: The China Series. The series consists of four reports, each describing a...
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Agroecology

“GMOs and the Pesticide Treadmill”

ndchance 27 January, 2014 “GMOs and the Pesticide Treadmill”2015-01-15T20:06:46+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
In a recent webinar hosted by , Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, a senior scientist and director of the Grassroots Science Program at Pesticide Action Network, told us all about the ecological...
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Uncategorized

Film “Cesar’s Last Fast” spotlights the struggle to protect US farm workers

ndchance 23 January, 2014 Film “Cesar’s Last Fast” spotlights the struggle to protect US farm workers2014-01-23T20:14:21+00:00 Uncategorized No Comment
In a segment on today’s edition of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman spoke with Richard Ray Perez, the co-director of a new film about Cesar Chavez’s last political fast. Cesar...
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SRI/SCI India

SRI/SCI featured on the Food Tank blog!

ndchance 21 January, 2014 SRI/SCI featured on the Food Tank blog!2015-01-15T22:19:16+00:00 SRI/SCI India No Comment
Today, the folks over at Food Tank posted a short piece about the System of Crop Intensification (SRI/SCI), a set of agricultural principles and practices used by small farmers...
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Agroecology

The Flawed Science Behind GM Crops

ndchance 13 December, 2013 The Flawed Science Behind GM Crops2015-01-15T22:19:05+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
The debate over the safety of foods made from Genetically Modified (GM) crops has been raging bitterly since GM crops were first introduced in the early 1990s. As expected,...
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