STWR - Share The World's Resources

A humourous and acerbic perspective on the food crisis - and the tragedy following in its wake for the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, by Maurice Dufour.

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.

Peasant farmers offer the best chance of feeding the world, says George Monbiot. So why do we treat them with contempt?

The crisis of rising food prices are leading people to question the fundamental rationale of pushing for more free trade.  What we need now is food sovereignty – the kind that is defined and driven by small farmers and fisherfolk themselves.

The epidemic of biopiracy is an assault on our living heritage of biodiversity and cumulative innovation embodied in the traditional knowledge of agriculture and medicine. 

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh have together seen 89,362 farmers’ suicides between 1997 and 2005.

An Agricultural Crime Against Humanity - Biofuels could kill more people than the Iraq war.