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- La politique énergétique américaine alimente l’expansion des agrocarburants en Afrique
... Harsh working conditions mark production of Brazilian biofuel" CLIQUEZ ICI [ix] Standard Bank, 2010. Brazil weds ...
Blog entry - kerssen - 02/23/2010 - 15:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- African Agroecological Alternatives to the Green Revolution No. 16 / Alternatives Agroecologiques Africaines à la Révolution Verte No. 16
... Tanzania: Public fury halts biofuel onslaught on farmers By MIKE MANDE October 5 2009 ... across the country would be evicted topave the way for biofuel projects. The criticism peaked last Wednesday when aresearcher from ... BengesiKitundu, said the government was treating the biofuel investments like a“bottomless pit” at the expense of farmers. A ...
Newsletter issue - admin - 11/23/2009 - 08:15 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Is Biotechnology Really the Only Way to Solve Hunger?
... GMO-crop worldwide, go mostly to feed animals or for biofuel; GMO corn is used in animal feed and industrial products; rapeseed is ...
Food First page - admin - 12/10/2009 - 12:41 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- African Agroecological Alternatives to the Green Revolution #15
... 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 - Anonymous - 10/26/2009 - 14:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Synthetic Biology aka "extreme genetic engineering":The Bay Area's Next Bio-Bubble? - A one-day Teach In
... the environment. If industry succeeds in applying them to biofuel (agrofuel) production, they will have a huge impact on farm and forest ...
Event - admin - 10/29/2008 - 10:21 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- African Agroecological Alternatives-AAAGR #9*****Alliance pour la Révolution Verte en Afrique #9
... cultivate biofuels. More than eight multinational biofuel companies are reportedly finalizing colonial style agreements with ... and to acquire thousands of hectares of land to cultivate biofuel crops. Swedish biofuels company, Sekab, is seeking to acquire two ...
Newsletter issue - admin - 02/27/2009 - 15:51 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Ecuador Paves Way for Terminator Technology?
... opposition to the President’s effort to expand the Biofuel market in Ecuador which is seen as a potential menace to the nation’s ...
Food First page - admin - 06/11/2009 - 17:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- "Next Generation Biofuels": Bursting The New "Green" Bubble Letter challenges unrealistic promises from an unsustainable industry
... and references to increasing the Renewable Fuel Standard biofuel target. Additionally, Obama, a former Senator from a corn-growing ... of the 36 billion gallon per year Renewable Fuel Standard biofuel target in the Energy Independence and Security Act. * Support for ...
Food First page - admin - 01/16/2009 - 17:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Food First Fellow Raj Patel's radio interview on the global food industry
The book delves deep into the industrial evolution of food and its consequences, including farmer suicides, the dangers of the bio-fuel industry, and the ubiquitous nature of soy. Click Here to listen (Globalization, Trade & ...
Food First page - rjonasse - 12/09/2008 - 13:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Social and Environmental Groups Urge No Further Agrofuel Expansion, as Brazil hosts the International Biofuels Conference, Nov 17-21, 2008
... and Member States not to take part in the International Biofuel Conference in Brazil between 17-21 November, as the event must not lead ...
Food First page - admin - 11/24/2008 - 18:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments