How to feed 9 billion people without wrecking the planet?
I am moving WAY out of my comfort zone by presenting a Pecha Kucha (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) at the Eco Intensive Agriculture Conference. I will be...
I am moving WAY out of my comfort zone by presenting a Pecha Kucha (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) at the Eco Intensive Agriculture Conference. I will be...
We are looking for papers for a session at the XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress (http://www.esrs2015.eu/WG2 ) The session is: Post-neoliberal food transitions Co-conveners: Jessica Duncan [1], Damian Maye [2], Egon Noe...
Excellent post about sustainability and fisheries governance....
La Via Campesina Press Release (Rome October 15th, 2014) The delegation of La Via Campesina, gathered in Rome for the 41st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), recognizes the...
Together with a colleague I am organising a section at the ECPR general conference, Montreal 2015 ( http://www.ecpr.eu/Events/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=94) We welcome panel and paper proposals (until 10 November 2014) that are based...
I spent the last two days in Waterloo, Ontario at an incredible workshop called "Mapping the state of play on the global food landscape". It brought together academic and civil...
From ActionAid: ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’ is gaining increasing attention among governments, NGOs, academics, corporations and international policy spaces. As proponents attempt to use the climate negotiations at the UNFCCC (United Nations...
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...
Over the last couple of days I was attending a workshop titled: Global Governance: What lessons from the CFS and its reform? CFS: Committee on World Food Security CSO: Civil Society Organization CSM:...
Call for Papers: Feminist Political Economy of Global Food Governance: Mapping Transformations in Agricultural Development 56th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention February 18-21, 2015, New Orleans The food price crisis of 2007-2008...