What does it mean?
Today's post is all about confusion, contradiction and perspective. At times like this I think of a dear friend and colleague of mine. When we are in meetings and things...
FAO Strategises for Partnerships
I have been meaning to post my analysis of the FAO's new strategies for partnership with civil society organizations and for partnerships with the private sector. I have not had time...
40th Session of the Committee on World Food Security
For those of you interested in the Committee on World Food Security, the Draft Annotated Agenda and Draft timetable are up for CFS 40 (7 - 11 Oct 2013) Draft Annotated...
Who is in and who is out of the Committee on World Food Security?
Well, this is not the most exciting of posts but I have just reviewed the list of member Nations in the Committee on World Food Security from 2009 (when the...
And in more bad news…Land concentration and land grabbing are occurring and reaching blatant levels in Europe
La Via Campesina has issued a new report on land concentration and grabbing in Europe. Land concentration and land grabbing do not occur only in developing countries in the South ; in...
Politics of the Commons: "I don't need it, but you can't have it"
I am working on some edits for a paper I have written on the need for pastoralist-appropriate policies wherein I examine India's dairy policy and consider some of the implications...
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food takes stock of the FAO
The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has the physical and economic access at all times to adequate...
Nation-wide Mobilization around Right to Food in CANADA
MONTREAL, 22 February 2013 – As the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter prepares to deliver his report on Canada to the UN Council on Human Rights...
Take the plunge: 2 PhD studentships investigating urban governance in an age of crisis and austerity
The Department of Politics and Public Policy at De Montfort University is delighted to announce two full PhD studentships investigating urban governance in an age of crisis and austerity, covering...
Food Crisis Update: Main drivers of price volatility still not addressed
Here is a copy of Tim Wise and Sophia Murphy's update to their influential article: "Resolving the food crisis: The need for decisive action" You can see it on the Triple Crisis Blog (which is...