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The Year in Review – Gaia’s 2013 Highlights
2013 was another exciting year for Gaia and our partners. In particular, we built the momentum of two key areas of work – exposing the true story of seed and… Read More
New Film – Seeds of Sovereignty
As the world’s agriculture and food systems face a crisis of disappearing seed diversity, a new short film offers a compelling insight into the ways in which African farming communities… Read More
Agriculture unable to adapt due to financial freeze in Warsaw, say developing countries
Press release from the Gaia Foundation. Monday 18 November 2013 [Warsaw, Poland] Adaptation in agriculture cannot happen without financial support, is the bleak message from developing countries at the UN… Read More
Seed Diversity Key to Weathering the Storms Ahead
Originally featured on the Thomson Reuters website, Gaia’s Teresa Anderson explains why seed diversity is critical for all that lies ahead. If the now-daily incidences of extreme weather events around the… Read More
GM agriculture is not the answer to seed diversity – It’s part of the problem
GM agriculture is not the answer to seed diversity – It’s part of the problem We need policies and practices that ensure farmers’ seed-saving knowledge is passed down to future… Read More
New Report says farming won’t adapt to climate change without seed diversity
The new report, “Seeds for Life: scaling up agrobiodiversity”, highlights how the dramatic loss of global seed diversity in recent decades means that farming systems around the world now and in… Read More
Let’s set the Record Straight! Teresa Anderson unpacks AGRA’s plan for GMOs in Africa
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has released a new “Africa Agriculture Status” report that reveals what we all suspected: that they plan to use their influence… Read More
Gaia joins allies for GM Health Risk Week 2nd – 8th September
Next month we join forces with War on Want, Food Democracy Now and the UK Food Sovereignty Movement to help raise awareness of GM Health Risk Week. The event promises… Read More
African Civil Society Organisations to Counter Corporatisation of African Agriculture
This week the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will come together in Ethiopia to discuss strategies for resistance against genetically modified seed, Bill Gate’s Alliance for a Green… Read More
New Film – The Farmer, The Architect and The Scientist
A new film, ‘the farmer, the architect and the scientist’ tells the story of a seed hero. Dr Debal Deb is a pioneering ecologist committed to working with traditional farmers in eastern… Read More
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