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Authors Jaya Mehta and Vineet Tiwari write on findings from  their research and long term engagement with the Kudumbashree programme in the Indian State of Kerala.  In this Hindi publication, they propose a model of collective farming, keeping  women and their labour  at its centre, as a possible so …

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) will host its 12th Ministerial Conference (MC) from 12-15 June 2022 in the looming shadow of the pandemic and the Ukraine war. Key issues at Geneva include the proposed waiver of patents to ensure access to COVID vaccines and therapeutics, agriculture, fisheries an …

Youth and the democratization of food systems Illustration: Sophie Holin for LVC, Instagram: @soph.ieholin It’s December. Yet another year in our cycle of life is drawing to a close as we search for hope and solidarity in the face of daunting adversities. The world is marred by rising temperatures, …

A dossier by Focus on the Global South A perfect storm is brewing in the global food system, pushing food prices to record high levels, and expanding hunger. The continuing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine War, climate-related disasters and a breakdown of supply chains have led …

A discussion paper by Forum for Trade Justice, Third World Network and Focus on the Global South, in collaboration with Rosa Luxemburg-Stiftung South Asia. Report compiled by Jai Vipra The Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) took place after multiple delays, a …

Women and Agriculture in Kerala State: Collective responses by Kudumbashree during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Resmi P Bhaskaran and Rajesh Ravi Three years into the pandemic, this report assesses the track record of the Indian state of Kerala in addressing the health and livelihood challenges during …

Food sovereignty and agrobiodiversity Illustration: Colour drawing on amate bark-paper by the artist Abraham Mauricio Salazar. Reproduced for informational purposes from the book El ciclo mágico de los días, by Abraham Mauricio Salazar and Antonio Saldívar. CONAFE, Mexico, 1979. At a time when the m …

Author: Jaya Mehta The author is a Delhi based researcher with the Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies.   This timely report by agriculture economist Jaya Mehta begins with an analysis of the 2020 agricultural reforms in India and the role of women in the historic and successful struggle …

New Avenues of State and Private Surveillance and Possible Responses by Jai Vipra Surveillance has long been one of the primary threats to political and economic activism. Emerging digital technology interacts with the practice of surveillance to strengthen and broaden it, leading to retaliation and …

Nyéléni process: Towards a Global Forum of Food Sovereignty Illustration: Rosanna Morris Under the eye of Nyéléni, an African woman who defied discriminatory regulations and burned with creativity and agricultural progress, we will find the energy to transform the right to food sovereignty into a be …