Mexico Could Say Goodbye to Imported Maize
It has been many years since Mexico, the birthplace of maize, has been self-sufficient in this staple food that plays a central role in its cuisine and culture. But new studies indicate that it could...
View ArticleMexico – Ground Zero in the Fight for the Future of Maize
In the 2011 action-thriller “Unknown”, scientists are persecuted by the biotech industry because they plan the open release of a drought- and pest-resistant strain of maize that could help eradicate...
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Biofortification May Hold Keys to “Hidden Hunger”
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which works to end malnutrition among more than two billion people worldwide, is expressing strong support for enriching the micronutrient content of...
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Nothing to Show for Hard Work but Burnt Fields of Maize
By Ignatius BandaBULAWAYO, May 22 2012 (IPS) Gertrude Mkoloi earns a living harvesting maize on a small piece of land in rural Zimbabwe. Or at least she used to. Female subsistence farmers, who form...
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Drugs Displace Maize on Mexico’s Small Farms
Maize, Mexico’s main crop and staple food, faces threats like displacement by drug cultivation. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPSBy Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Jan 22 2014 (IPS) As the North American Free Trade...
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Argentine Activists Win First Round Against Monsanto Plant
Monsanto’s plant in Malvinas Argentinas, seen from the camp set up by local protestors blocking access to the works in construction. Credit: Fabiana Frayssinet/IPSBy Fabiana FrayssinetCORDOBA,...
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CO2 Producing Hollow Food
Women plant rice in Nepal. More than 2.4 billion people get key nutrients from rice, wheat, maize, soybeans, field peas and sorghum. Credit: Mallika Aryal/IPSBy Stephen LeahyUXBRIDGE, Canada, May 7...
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To Grow Or Not To Grow GMO Crops
Fidenato's MON810 maize in Tomba di Mereto 2014. Credit: Leandro TabogaBy Silvia GiannelliLUCCA, Italy, May 25 2014 (IPS) “I want to grow genetically modified organisms (GMOs) because I want to feed...
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Good Harvest Fails to Dent Rising Hunger in Zimbabwe
Markets are critical to the success of Zimbabwe’s smallholder farmers. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPSBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 29 2015 (IPS)With agriculture as one of the drivers of economic...
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Opinion: Manipulate and Mislead – How GMOs are Infiltrating Africa
“There is no doubt that African small-scale producers need much greater support in their efforts, but GM seeds which are designed for large-scale industrial production have no place in smallholder...
View ArticleAvocados Reap Rewards in Kenya While Staple Corn Withers
Maize farming in Kenya is becoming a loss making venture and farmers who depended on the crop’s popularity for years are forced to abandon it for safer and more money making opportunities. Six decades...
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Should The World Emulate US Crop Insurance?
Jomo Kwame Sundaram is the Coordinator for Economic and Social Development at the Food and Agriculture Organization and received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic...
View ArticleThousands Face Hunger and Pray for Enough Rain in Malawi
It is 9 am in the morning but the scorching sun makes it feel like mid-afternoon. This type of weather is what experts are calling El Nino; a heat wave that is affecting countries in southern and...
View ArticleWFP’s Chief Calls for Support for Those Most Vulnerable to Climate Change
With El Nino affecting countries in southern Africa, threatening agricultural production due to a massive heat wave, the World Food Programme has urged the international community to support the...
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Zimbabwean Women Weave Their Own, Beautiful Future
Siduduzile Nyoni, a mother of three, busily completing one of her ilala palm products, which will be sold through a women’s cooperative in western Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPSBy Busani...
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Putting Tortillas on Mexico’s Tables Again
Irene Salvador arranges tortillas that she made on a table full of ears of corn of different varieties, during a forum on tortillas in Mexico City. An alliance has just emerged in the country to...
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