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- Agrofuels in Africa: African States squeezed between foreign interests and local food sovereignty
... Rajagopal, D. 2007. Rethinking Current Strategies for Biofuel Production in India. University of California, Berkeley [ii] Schlecht, E. and A. Buekert. 2009. The Biofuel Debate - Status Quo and Research Needs to Meet Multiple Goals of Food, ...
Blog entry - rjonasse - 06/22/2010 - 16:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Alternatives to the Green Revolution in Africa Newsletter # 16 Monday, 12 October 2009
... Tanzania : Public fury halts biofuel onslaught on farmers By MIKE MANDE October 5 2009 ... has also halted allocation of huge chunks of land to biofuel investors. Under fire from international and ...
Newsletter issue - rjonasse - 05/28/2010 - 10:20 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- A Pandora's Box Moment? Synthetic Biology Breakthrough Tied to Search for Cheap Biofuels
... to absorb carbon dioxide from the air and convert it to biofuel. According to researcher Jim Thomas of the ETC Group, who has ...
Blog entry - admin - 05/25/2010 - 16:34 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Alternatives to the Green Revolution in Africa Newsletter # 15: 10/06/2009
... a non-food crop whose seeds contain oil used to produce biofuel. Biofuel Africa Ltd has acquired over 23,700 hectares of Ghanaian land forcing ...
Newsletter issue - rjonasse - 05/28/2010 - 10:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- AAAGRrrr! #5
... Zimbabwe Blames Runaway Inflation on Sanctions, Biofuel http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3578870,00.html ... food prices are a world phenomenon because of the use of biofuel," said Mumbengegwi. Last week, one of the Zimbabwe's leading banks ...
Newsletter issue - admin - 09/17/2008 - 11:35 - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- Alternatives to the Green Revolution in Africa Newsletter #21: The Rights of Peasants—Women and Men
Compiled by Rick Jonasse PART ONE: CHALLENGING THE GREEN REVOLUTION. The UN Recognizes the Rights of Peasants and Malian farmers fight for their seeds. Rick Jonasse and Tanya Kerssen Peasants of the World need ...
Newsletter issue - rjonasse - 03/30/2010 - 14:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- U.S. energy policy fuels the “Brazilian-ization” of African agriculture
... there on how they could replicate Brazil's industrial biofuel production, it was ominous news for African small farmers. A recent ... signed two accords with Brazil for a US$6 bn investment in biofuel exploration. In June 2009 the first ethanol manufacturing plant in ...
Blog entry - rjonasse - 02/24/2010 - 13:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- The Biofuels Bailout: (M)ethadone for our Fuel Addiction?
... the EPA designated sugarcane ethanol as an advanced biofuel that lowers GHG emissions by more than 50%." The president warmed ... changes driving greater global demand for food and biofuel sources, Monsanto Company is investing in a new large-acre row crop, ...
Food First page - admin - 02/04/2010 - 16:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- The Biofuels Bailout: (M)ethadone for our Fuel Addiction?
... the EPA designated sugarcane ethanol as an advanced biofuel that lowers GHG emissions by more than 50%." The president warmed ... changes driving greater global demand for food and biofuel sources, Monsanto Company is investing in a new large-acre row crop, ...
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- Agrofuels in the Americas.
... I. The Ecological and Social Tragedy of Crop-based Biofuel Production in the Americas. By Miguel Altieri & Elizabeth Bravo ...
Food First page - rjonasse - 06/19/2009 - 13:42 - 0 comments - 0 attachments