The State of Food Insecurity Report (SOFI) 2012 is out and is titled "Economic Growth is Necessary but not Sufficient to Accelerate Hunger and Malnutrition". You can download the report here: http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i3027e/i3027e00.htm? Key Messages...
The Oxford University's Food Governance Group is hosting a series of lunch-time seminars on The Politics and Practices of Food Governance, including a very interesting lecture by my Supervisor, David...
This week, civil society representatives launched the fifth annual report on the right to food and nutrition titled "Who Decides About Global Food and Nutrition? – Strategies to Regain Control". In...
UN Agencies appeal for swift, coordinated action 4 September 2012, Rome - Following is a joint statement on international food prices from the three Rome-based UN Agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP):
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="288"] Photo www.michaelbenanav.com/[/caption] I am very happy to be publishing a new editorial by the Human Rights Director of FIAN, Rolf Künnemann. In this piece, Künnermann applies a...
It's a trend: another book summary. This time, I am sharing some tidbits that I have taken from Jamie Peck's 2010 book "Constructions of Neoliberal Reason". Full refernce: Peck, J. 2010....
This is not really a book review but rather a summary of some of the key points I have taken from Partha Chatterjee's 2004 book "The politics of the...
I am currently in Edinburgh (brrrrr after the 40º temperatures in Rome) at the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society: "Security of Geography /Geography of Security". I will be...
The Working Group consultation on the Global Strategic Framework. Sections 1-5 were adopted. Section 6 on policy gaps was pushed to a morning meeting on the 19th of July at the...
