State of the World

Tapping Into Innovative Practices to Feed the World: An Interview with Mark Muller

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

Mark Muller, director of the Food and Society Fellows program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), talks with Nourishing the Planet's research intern, Abby Massey, about the global food system and the impact it has on farmers, hunger and the environment.

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An Interview With Phil Bereano: The Complex Ethics of Genetic Engineering

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ge, Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, Nourishing the Planet, Hunger, Gmo, State of the World, Food Security, Phil Bereano, Green News
Danielle Nierenberg

Philip Bereano is Professor Emeritus in the field of Technology and Public Policy at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has been an active and outspoken proponent of democratic social ethics in technology for decades.

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Innovations in Access to Land: Land Grab or Agricultural Investment?

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

As foreign governments and private firms invest and acquire large tracts of agricultural real estate in other countries, land and water rights, food sovereignty and food security for those who live there are all at stake.

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Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights for More Than 40 Years

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

This is a three part series of an interview with Baldemar Velasquez, President and Founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.

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Hope and Progress in the Developing World, Despite Daunting Challenges

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

Who better to consult -- and to equip with the tools to help out -- in the global effort to combat hunger than the youth, women and farmers who will most benefit from it?

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Thinking Big by Starting Small

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

Agriculture funding should focus on the many low-tech, African-led innovations that are already helping to alleviate hunger and poverty in environmentally sustainable ways all over the continent.

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Innovative Ways of Hearing Farmers' Voices

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, Africa, Farmers, Food, Agriculture, Regional Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, Warm, Climate Change, South Africa, Women, Investment, Worldwatch, Nourishing the Planet, Women Accessing Realigned Markets, Africa-Wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues, State of the World, Fanrpan, Caadp, World News
Danielle Nierenberg

The Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) lives up to its name by linking farmers, businesses, academia, researchers, donors, and national and regional governments.

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Giving Farm Workers a Voice in Zimbabwe

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

Land reform policies have left many farm workers (about 1.5 million) without a source of income as farms are divided up.

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Working With the Root

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, Cape Coast, Ghana, Worldwatch Institute, Grass Cutter, Nourishing the Planet, Innovations That Nourish the Planet, Fishers, Central and Western Fishmongers Improvement Association, State of the World, Ecasard, Cewefia, World News
Danielle Nierenberg

The following is an eight-part series about Danielle Nierenberg's visit to the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD) in Ghana.

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Beyond 'Band-Aids' for Hunger

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danielle Nierenberg

Our collective understanding of how to "cure" hunger has matured enough to recognize that solutions lie not only in shipping food aid, but also in a new approach that nourishes people and the planet.

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Rebooting the Global Agenda: Deep thinkers convene in Dubai to seek solutions to world crises

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 05.25.2011

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J. Carl Ganter

BBC presenter Nik Gowing moderates the closing session of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Summit in Dubai November 9. Photo by Dana Smilli...

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