So thrilled this piece w/ Melanie Ouedraogo is out: When Agronomy Flirts w/ Markets, Gender, & Nutrition: A Political Ecology of the New Green Revolution for Africa & Women’s Food Security in Burkina Faso bit.ly/3vsUOtq
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William Moseley
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DeWitt Wallace Geography Professor; Food, Agriculture & Society Program Director . Africa, Food Security, Political Ecology. Member
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"Women and girls are essential and powerful players to address the climate and food crises. But they remain largely undervalued and underestimated with limited access to resources, training and technology", at #COP27 event⤵️
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I just submitted my grades and the kids are home for the holidays. Life is good!
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📌"Policymakers and scientists must learn to improve their communication to resolve their disagreements and build strategies for action"
Read more:📄by P. Caron, , M. Ferroni, , T.C. Mettenleiter & Y. Sokona via ⤵️
🔗nature.com/articles/d4158
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From : "From the Kremlin’s perspective, the Wagner Group has been a very useful proxy. At low diplomatic and military cost, it has helped advance Moscow’s agenda and created the perception that Russia has greater capacities than it actually does."
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For the past 2 years, & I have been working w/ colleagues at to build a database of genetically modified crops on the African continent. I'm very proud of this work & hope it can add small insights into an extremely complex field.
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Hello world 
Today, we’re launching our website, which maps biotechnology use, development, and discussion across Africa. We believe it to be the largest public database on this field to date, and we hope you’ll give it a look:
mbioproject.org
Today, we’re launching our website, which maps biotechnology use, development, and discussion across Africa. We believe it to be the largest public database on this field to date, and we hope you’ll give it a look:
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Pretty snowy day on the train from Saint Paul to Milwaukee. Not a bad space to grade final exams.
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Have your say❗️
Submit your contributions to the HLPE-FSN open consultation on the first draft of the report 📘"Reducing #inequalities for #foodsecurity and #nutrition".
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fao.org/fsnforum/consu
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A succinct argument as to why Africa must shift toward Agroecology and away from colonial and neo-Colonial (yes that means you Bill Gates and your wasteful and undemocratic AGRA pipedream) food systems and models.
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My take in @TC_Africa on #COP27: Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable theconversation.com/climate-crisis @hlpe_cfs @PolEcoNet @theAAG @JennClapp @CSM4CFS @CUP_at_UCT @bdowduribe @Prof_FSultana @HilalElver #heymac
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What a generous interview by
I explain what the right to food means during this food crisis and provide a message to national governments - "We have no choice but to cooperate [multilaterally]...Listen to your people. Respond to your people."
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🚨 HLPE-FSN call for experts!
🔎Selected experts will engage with a high-level multidisciplinary team and be co-authors of the of the flagship report on strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems.
To apply⬇️ and please share!
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“Tropical agronomy, now known as “development agronomy”, was central to the colonial enterprise in Africa. The main objective for colonial powers was to transform local food systems,” writes .
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“The types of food production systems that the global community has fostered in #Africa leave the poorest more exposed and vulnerable to climatic variability and economic shocks,” writes .
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My take in @TC_Africa on #COP27: Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable theconversation.com/climate-crisis @hlpe_cfs @PolEcoNet @theAAG @JennClapp @CSM4CFS @CUP_at_UCT @bdowduribe @Prof_FSultana @HilalElver #heymac
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'The types of food production systems that the global community has fostered in Africa leave the poorest more exposed and vulnerable to climatic variability'
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Join our Symposium on "Citizen Perspectives in Mali", Wednesday 14 Dec. 13-17, Ihresalen, Engelska Parken, Thunbergsvägen 3H, Uppsala. Most Welcome!
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Great piece by on the need to decolonise agriculture and build a new agrifood system...not just 'fix' the old one...
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Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable bit.ly/3FHym5O
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Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable
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Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable
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While some have heralded this agreement as long overdue climate reparations, others point out that the loss and damage fund does nothing to address the root causes of #climatechange - fossil fuel emissions
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#DidYouKnow Head taxes were the preferred strategy of European colonial powers to force African farmers into production of commodity crops such as cacao, coffee and cotton #Africa #agriculture
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My take in on #COP27: Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable theconversation.com/climate-crisis #heymac
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My take in @TC_Africa on #COP27: Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable theconversation.com/climate-crisis @hlpe_cfs @PolEcoNet @theAAG @JennClapp @CSM4CFS @CUP_at_UCT @bdowduribe @Prof_FSultana @HilalElver #heymac
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My take in on #COP27: Climate crisis in Africa exposes real cause of hunger – colonial food systems that leave people more vulnerable theconversation.com/climate-crisis #heymac
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Wheat prices touch 14-month low on surging Russian exports
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Senators urge US Agriculture secretary to help Western states in 22-year mega-drought
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UK risks sleepwalking into food supply crisis, says farmers’ union
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📌"Les réponses politiques à la crise alimentaire actuelle doivent tenir compte des 6⃣ dimensions de la sécurité alimentaire."
🗞️Article d'opinion par ⤵️
fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i
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On the reasons you should have an atlas at your side when reading: "The Book of Maps," by Bonnie Friedman in
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Have your say❗️
Submit your contributions to the HLPE-FSN open consultation on the first draft of the report 📘"Reducing #inequalities for #foodsecurity and #nutrition".
Via ⤵️
fao.org/fsnforum/consu
Thanks!
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Why is it so difficult to switch to a sustainable model of food production❓
🎙️ explains the many pitfalls of conventional farming, how we’ve found ourselves locked in an unsustainable system, and how we might find our way out: soundcloud.com/innovation-ca/ via
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Blog post on our presentation #COP27 side event: Food insecurity and climate change are the two major global challenges humanity is facing fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i
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Around the world, as many as 828 million people are facing hunger.
's hunger map sheds a light on the state of the prevalence of undernourishment and food insecurity by country.
#SOFI2022 #HungerMap
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