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What exactly is the climate change crisis? How does it affect us? Are we causing it? How? How is it going to affecting our land, water, food and lifestyle? Can we anything about it? How? Why is the practice of agroecology so important in addition to clean energy? Should we wait for global agreements …

We are pleased to present our 2014 Annual Report. The year 2014 brought many challenges across the South and South East Asia region. In Thailand, the military seized power in May after months of political upheaval and protests. The junta imposed several orders and declared martial law that inhibited …

This Handbook on Agroecology: Farmers’ Manual on Sustainable Practices is third in the series of booklets on Agroecology for small and marginal farmers, brought out by the Focus on the Global South in partnership with the Rosa LuxembergStiftung (RLS), South Asia. There are several agroecological pra …

This booklet is the second in the series on small and marginal farmers in India (following Where Have all the Small Farmers Gone?) and presents the advantages of agroecological practices. We travelled far and wide to understand how farmers are growing what they want to grow, preserving indigenous va …

Introduction About a third of the global population today or around 2 billion people have no access to medicines, according to the WorldHealth Organization (WHO). This figure includes a large number in Southeast Asia.[1] Governments play a crucial role in ensuring that affordable medicines are made …

We’re pleased to announce the release of State of Fragmentation: The Philippines in Transition. The book is jointly published by Focus on the Global South and Friedrich Ebert Siftung and authored by: Walden Bello, Kenneth Cardenas, Jerome Patrick Cruz, Alinaya Fabros, Mary Ann Manahan, Clarissa Mili …

Land Struggles III: Keeping Land Local Announcing “Keeping Land Local: Reclaiming Governance from the Market,” the third issue of the Briefing Paper Series on Land Struggles by Focus on the Global South, the Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform, and Land Research Action Network. You can download a fr …

A TNI Working Paper by Dorothy Guerrero China’s remarkable economic performance over more than thirty five years and its transformation into one of the world’s biggest trading powers, has led many to believe that it will be the successor to the US in global dominance. The stagnation of the advanced …