The Agrofuels Trojan Horse: Biotechnology and the Corporate Domination of Agriculture
Policy Brief No. 14
by Annie Shattuck
April 2008
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Food First Policy Brief No. 13
By Eric Holt-Giménez and Isabella Kenfield
March 2008
When Renewable Isn’t Sustainable: Agrofuels and the Inconvenient Truth behind the 2007 U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act
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Food First Policy Brief No.12
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Food First Policy Brief No. 12
Ten Reasons Why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for Another Green Revolution Will Not Solve the Problems of Poverty and Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Eric Holt-Gimenez, Ph.D., Miguel A. Altieri, Ph.D., and Peter Rosset, Ph.D.
Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
October 2006
Policy Brief No 18: Why the Global Food Security Act Will Fail to Curb Hunger
by Annie Shattuck and Eric Holt-Giménez
A bill before the Senate would create a federal mandate for genetically modified crop research as part of U.S. foreign aid programs, against the recommendations of all major international assessments of agricultural development. A new report on the proposed legislation from Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy calls for urgent action to stop the bill.
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The Global Food Security Act (SB 384) passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month. The legislation, also known as the Lugar-Casey Act, aims to reform aid programs to include a stronger focus on long-term agricultural development, and restructure aid agencies to better respond to crises. While this renewed attention is welcome, funding under the proposed law – some $7.7 billion worth of it - would be directed largely to genetically modified crop research.
Policy Brief No. 10: Shining India? Economic Liberalization and Rural Poverty in the 1990s
by Anders Riel Müller and Raj Patel
Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
May 2004
Policy Brief No. 16: The World Food Crisis - What’s behind it and What we can do about it
by Eric Holt-Giménez, Ph.D.
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“A Silent Tsunami” The World Food Program’s description of the global food crisis raises the specter of a natural disaster surging over an unaware populace that is helpless in the face of massive destruction. With billions of people at risk of hunger, the current food crisis is certainly massive and destructive.
Policy Brief No.11: Famine and the Future of Food Security in North Korea
by Christine Ahn
Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
May 2005
Policy Brief No.4: The Multiple Functions and Benefits of Small Farm Agriculture
The Multiple Functions and Benefits of Small Farm Agriculture
In the Context of Global Trade Negotiations
By Peter M. Rosset, Ph.D.
September 1999
Peter M. Rosset, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy
Oakland, CA USA
Policy Brief No.5: Economic Human Rights Bus Tour in California May 29-31, 2001
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Introduction
"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself (herself) and his (her) family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services..."
-Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1948
Policy Brief No.6: Agricultural Restructuring and Concentration in the United States: Who wins, who loses?
Policy Brief No. 6
Agricultural Restructuring and Concentration in the United States: Who wins, who loses?
Sanaz Memarsadeghi and Raj Patel
August 2003
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