This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles.
Here’s Why We Haven’t Quite Figured Out How to Feed Billions More People, National Geographic
How Much of World’s Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Come From Agriculture?, The Wall Street Journal
Developing countries blast rich-world farm subsidies at Rome talks, Reuters
Unprecedented Case Filed at International Criminal Court Proposes Land Grabbing in Cambodia as a Crime Against Humanity, Huffington Post
Feeding the world. The ultimate first-world conceit, Triple Crisis
Nobel laureates call for a revolutionary shift in how humans use resources, The Guardian
When Can A Big Storm Or Drought Be Blamed On Climate Change?, NPR
4 problems GMO labeling won’t solve, Grist
Scientists speed up analysis of human link to wild weather, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Africa: Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture Will Boost Food Security, All Africa
Africa’s Dividing Farmlands a Threat to Food Security, Truth-out
On leaving the Leadership Council of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, Oxfam
Farm tech isn’t a war between good and evil — it’s a quest for whatever works, Grist
The A-Z of Food Sovereignty, World Development Movement
Cotton production linked to images of the dried up Aral Sea basin, The Guardian
Intel’s Latest Campaign To Halve African Technology Gender Gap, Ventures
African smart agriculture, Agri Pulse
GMO studies examine 4 crops, Bangkok Post
Why Won’t McDonald’s Really Lead?, The New York Times
Why supermarkets are on the way out, The Guardian
Acquisition of Africa’s SeedCo by Monsanto, Groupe Limagrain: Neo-colonial occupation of Africa’s seed systems, AFSA Africa
New research: A wage revolution could end extreme poverty in Asia, with massive knock-on effects in Africa, From Poverty to Power
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? 
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