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Civil Society Statement of Concern on 2nd Global Conference

Civil society organizations from around the world raise concerns with the objectives of the 2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, 3-7 September 2012.

Off the Rails: Food Security and the WTO

In view of the deadlock in the WTO talks, governments could take actions now to begin negotiating the terms of a limited role for trade in achieving food security, rather than to continue to advance complete market access for transnational agribusinesses at any cost, writes Karen Hansen-Kuhn.

The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities

Forty years after food activism took off around the globe, corporatism is stronger than ever. But so is the grassroots push for control over our work, land, and seeds, say Frances Moore Lappé, Raj Patel, Vandana Shiva, and Michael Pollan in an exchange in The Nation.

What We’re about to Receive

In the developed world, where many of the environmental and social costs of food production are absent at the checkout, we are eating beyond our means. To create resilience and sustainability, ‘consumer choice’ can no longer drive the system, argues Jeremy Harding.

The World Bank and Land Grabbing: Creating a ‘Win-Win’ Illusion

In response to a new wave of overseas farmland acquisitions, the World Bank is promoting a set of principles to guide responsible agro-enterprise investment. Civil society groups and analysts argue that voluntary measures should not be used to legitimise these so-called ‘land grabs’.

The Right to Food

Producing an ever-larger volume of agricultural commodities will not address the systemic fragility in our food system. To address the structural causes of hunger, governments must place human rights at the centre of any response to the global food crisis, says Olivier De Schutter.

Agricultural Development: One Size Fits All?

Agricultural policies prescribed by industrialised countries have led to a food system dominated by private interests. But in the context of achieving global food security, maximization of international trade and corporate profits should not be the dominating forces, writes Daryll E. Ray.

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