Although millions of people were suffering, the hope was that the Covid-19 crisis, there was a belief that people...
category: agriculture
We are already seeing food shortages in the making. In India, for instance, supply chains have been disrupted, farm...
Colin Todhunter The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched in 2000 and has $46.8 billion in assets (December...
Colin Todhunter In the early 2000s, genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal cotton was being heavily promoted in India on...
Colin Todhunter In 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and UN Special Rapporteur on...
Colin Todhunter This month, India’s Supreme Court will hold a lengthy hearing on the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM)...
Colin Todhunter Fast food nations and global nutrition Daniel Maingi works with small farmers in Kenya and belongs to...
Colin Todhunter A common claim is that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are essential to agriculture if we are to...
Colin Todhunter There is mounting evidence that a healthy soil microbiome protects plants from pests and diseases. One of...
Colin Todhunter According to a recent report in The Hindu Business Line, India’s intelligence agencies are investigating the role of a...
Colin Todhunter In India, the ‘development’ paradigm is premised on moving farmers out of agriculture and into the cities...
Colin Todhunter Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter addressed to three senior officials in Britain:...
