Recently, a paper was published that supports land grabbing for food security. The paper suggests that the land in question is 'marginally utilised' and land grabbing will lead to more food being...
I follow the work of the Food and Climate Research Network quite closely. They have a great newsletter that includes updates and also commentary. A few days ago, we received...
Call for papers for an exciting new journal: SITOPOLIS is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed and open access journal focussing on urban and peri-urban agriculture and systems of urban and regional food provisioning in...
John has a very diverse and productive farm. On his 2 acre farm he grows potatoes, beans, peas and raises chickens and cows for milk. He noted that he does...
I mentioned in a post last week that I would be providing short profiles of some of the people we met while doing field work in Kenya. The first profile...
As I mentioned in my last post, I am in Kenya to elaborate a research proposal. The basic idea is to look at challenges and opportunities related to inclusive development. Last...
Hello from Kenya where I am working on a proposal on Institutional Change for Inclusive Development. Over the next few weeks I will be posting short stories and insights from our...
The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) 2014 is being held from 16 - 18 January 2014 in Berlin.The theme is: Empowering Agriculture: Fostering Resilience – Securing Food and NutritionThe...
Last year I spoke at a workshop on gender and food security The summary has been posted: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/foodsecurity/newsandevents/pastevents/genderfs This workshop addressed the international gender dimensions of food security, focusing on women as producers...
Does This Taste Funny To You? Teens Face Off in Competitive Dairy Tasting By Karen Pinchin In her second year of high school in bucolic Woodbury, Connecticut, 15-year-old Hannah O’Brien was thinking...
