By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Equity is set to be one of the hottest topics of debate this week. How the benefits of an African Green Revolution are distributed…
SALZBURG DAY 1: EMERGING THEMES – EQUITY
SALZBURG DAY 1: KOFI ANNAN CALLS FOR A “UNIQUELY AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION”
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Welcome to Salzburg, where this afternoon Kofi Annan is opening the Toward a Green Revolution in Africa conference with a speech that has called…
SALZBURG: VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN AGRICULTURE
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member As 60 plus delegates from governments, farmer organisations, NGOs, business, academia and donor foundations across Africa and the wider world make thier way to…
SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR: TOWARD A ‘GREEN REVOLUTION’ IN AFRICA
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member There is a clear need for a new vision for agricultural development in Africa that can deal with the complexities of agriculture in diverse…
IAASTD: CHANGE IN FARMING CAN FEED THE WORLD
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The 2,500-page International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) report has garnered support from sixty countries, the World Bank and most…
Rethinking regulation in China: decisions facing farmers
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member See more photos from this project on our Flickr site The oilseed flowering season is almost over in central China, and cotton planting has…
Rethinking regulation in China: Zhang’s seed shop
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member See more photos from this project on our Flickr site China’s new rural development campaign (Xīnnóngcúndianshi) was initiated in 2003 and has reshaped the…
BIOFUEL TRADING SCAM
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The front page story of today’s Guardian delves into the murky world of a biofuels scam. “Up to 10% of biofuel exports from the…
STEPS SEMINAR: GLOBAL BIOFUEL CROPS
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member Read the presentation Listen to a podcast of this seminar Introduced by Adrian Smith (40 mins) Helena and Les’ presentation will be posted here…
LIVE ON AIR: FARMER FIRST ON NEW AGRICULTURIST PODCAST & RADIO
When agriculturists and academics from around the world attended the Farmer First Revisited workshop back in December, they were interviewed by Susanna Thorp of New Agriculturist. The resultant podcast is…