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.
The sustainable intensification of European agriculture, Rise
The Role of Trees in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics, PAEPARD
World Bank and UN carbon offset scheme ‘complicit’ in genocidal land grabs – NGOs, The Guardian
Food waste reduction could help feed world’s starving, BBC
The Next Green Revolution May Rely on Microbes, PBS
Which governments are doing best/worst in the fight against hunger and undernutrition?, Duncan Green, Oxfam
Food security report – MPs call for ‘Plan B’ for animal feed, Farmers Guardian
Fertilizers: quality over quantity, Global Food Security
Picking up the pieces from a failed land grab project in Tanzania, Global Post
Agronomic and environmental aspects of the cultivation of genetically modified herbicide-resistant plants, Tappeser et al (eds)
Malnutrition a threat with use of climate-resilient crops, scientists say, Thomson Reuters Foundation
‘Land grabbing’ could help feed at least 300 million people, study suggests, EurekAlert [Read more…]
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? 