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Viral Inequality: From Jeff Bezos to the struggle of Indian Farmers
The world’s 10 richest billionaires have collectively seen their wealth increase by $540bn over this period. In September 2020,...
Farmers’ Protests Reflect Existential Crisis of Indian Agriculture
Colin Todhunter With over 800 million people, rural India is arguably the most interesting and complex place on the...
Indian Farmers on the Frontline Against Global Capitalism
Colin Todhunter In the above short video on the empirediaries.com YouTube channel, a protesting farmer camped near Delhi says...
Reimagining the World: Agroecology vs Post-COVID Plunder
Colin Todhunter Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns,...
Imperial Intent: Destroying India’s Farm Sector
Colin Todhunter Agriculture in India is at a crossroads. Indeed, given that over 60 per cent of the country’s...
Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’
Colin Todhunter The world is fast losing farms and farmers through the concentration of land into the hands of...
Crisis, What Crisis? Hypocrisy and Public Health in the UK
Rosemary Mason & Colin Todhunter On 12 March 2020, British PM Boris Johnson, referring to COVID-19, informed the public:...
Neoliberal Death Knell for Indian Agriculture
Colin Todhunter In a 2017 article, I asked what might a future India look like and concluded that, if...
GM Crops: Experts Debunk Claims of Success
Colin Todhunter On 6 July 2020, an article extolling the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops appeared on the...
Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK?
The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal...
From Toxic Food to Agrarian Disaster: Dirty Deals Done Dirt Cheap
Although millions of people were suffering, the hope was that the Covid-19 crisis, there was a belief that people...
Lockdown Catastrophe: The Need for Resilient Food Systems
We are already seeing food shortages in the making. In India, for instance, supply chains have been disrupted, farm...
Toxic Agriculture and the Gates Foundation
Colin Todhunter The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched in 2000 and has $46.8 billion in assets (December...
Dependency & Distress: The Story of Bt Cotton in India
Colin Todhunter In the early 2000s, genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal cotton was being heavily promoted in India on...
Apocalypse Now! Insects, Pesticides and a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter In 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and UN Special Rapporteur on...
BT Cotton: Cultivating Farmer Distress in India
Colin Todhunter This month, India’s Supreme Court will hold a lengthy hearing on the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM)...
Why Food Systems Are Breaking Down Across The World
Colin Todhunter Fast food nations and global nutrition Daniel Maingi works with small farmers in Kenya and belongs to...
Can GM crops really “feed the world”?
Colin Todhunter A common claim is that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are essential to agriculture if we are to...
Gone Fishing? No Fish, but Plenty of Pesticides & a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter There is mounting evidence that a healthy soil microbiome protects plants from pests and diseases. One of...
GM in India: Faking it on the Astroturf
Colin Todhunter According to a recent report in The Hindu Business Line, India’s intelligence agencies are investigating the role of a...
