STWR - Share The World's Resources

The convergence of the food, financial and climate crises shows populations the need to free themselves from the productivist model of capitalist society. Globalisation has not delinked or disconnected economies - which means the current crisis is only the beginning, argues Eric Toussaint.

The current food crisis is not a problem of production as we have been told, but a result of neo-liberal trade policies, which now serve as a catalyst to send seeds and fertilisers to food-crisis-striken countries in the South. By GRAIN. 

As Africa grapples with the question of food insecurity, biotechnology buffs seem to have an answer: genetically modified crops that could feed a continent vulnerable to famine and food deficits. But environmentalists warn of new dangers. Reported by Busani Bafana.

With intertwined food and financial systems, we stand to face a hungry planet and the threat of "financial Armageddon." However, rather than failed free-market policies, we can stabilize the planet by investing in local economies argues Annie Shattuck.

Unlike the crisis of 1970s stagflation that signalled the end for the Keynesian social-democratic model, the food crisis of 2008 could be marked down in history for setting in motion an opposite trend, writes Adam W. Parsons.

The inability of world leaders to face up to the root causes or policy contradictions of a food crisis is nothing new, but the resultant crisis of faith in neoliberal economic orthodoxy is a sign that the world direction is changing course, writes Adam W. Parsons.

The first genetically modified food crop – Bt Brinjal – will soon be served up across India, carrying a toxin that is a thousand times more potent than what is used to kill insects. Spine chilling, isn’t it? By Devinder Sharma.