Smallholder farmers dramatically improve crop yields without expensive seeds and fertilizers
By Hellin Brink with photo by Elske Fliert
Photo description: A SRI farmer in the village of Dong Tru in Vietnam after the village was hit by a typhoon, holding up one SRI plant (left) and one conventionally grown plant (right) in front of the fields on which they were grown. Where the SRI field is significantly larger and still standing, the conventionally produced field is destroyed.
Agrofuels: Five Myths
Myth #1 - Agro-fuels are clean and green.
Myth #2 - Agro-fuels will not result in deforestation.
Myth #3 - Agro-fuels will bring rural development.
Myth #4 - Agro-fuels will not cause hunger.
Myth #5 - Better "second generation "Agro-fuels are just around the corner.
Harvesting Money - the Global Land Grab
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The food and financial crisis in 2008 ignited a massive round of land grabbing in the Global South.
