Download pdf In January 2020, the Gates foundation launched “The Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations LLC”, also known as “Gates Ag One”. Gates Ag One was formulated to be a subsidiary of the Gates Foundation and is to be led by Joe Cornelius, the previous director of the BMGF Global Growth & Opportunity Division. […]

« Gates to a Global Empire » Aux Portes d’un Empire Mondial sur les Semences, la Nourriture, la Santé, la Connaissance … et la Terre – Un Rapport aux Citoyens du Monde coordonné par « Gates to a Global Empire » Aux Portes d’un Empire Mondial … sur les Semences, la Nourriture, la Santé, la Connaissance et la Terre […]

© Society for International Development 2020 Cite: Shroff, R., Cortés, C.R. The Biodiversity Paradigm: Building Resilience for Human and Environmental Health. Development (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-020-00260-2 Abstract It is a well-established fact that biodiversity is pivotal to human and planetary health, completely entwining biodiverse natural systems into a continuum, through our food systems, into human health. This […]

over Seed, Food, Health, Knowledge …and the Earth – The report gathers evidence and throws light on the dangers of philanthrocapitalism, which is boosting the corporate takeover of our seed, agriculture, food, knowledge and global health systems, manipulating information and eroding our democracies.  Over the last 30 years it has emerged as a major force, […]

AFRICA MALAWI In April 2019, Malawi’s Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development announced the immediate suspension of all import licenses for glyphosate-based herbicides. Govt suspends Monsanto’s roundup import permit TOGO Since 2019, the West African country of Togo has prohibited the import, market or use of glyphosate and any product […]

We present a compendium of quality, robust, indexed peer-reviewed articles that provide scientific evidence of the damage caused by pesticides to pollinators – particularly  honeybees. The selection of articles comes out of a collective effort, including contributions from beekeepers and social organizations, as well as recommendations by researchers. The topics covered by the studies on […]

There are over 20,000 species of bee of which the domestic honey bee is just one. They are all pollinators and are responsible for the majority of crop pollination. [1] Most pollinators are wild but a few species of bees can be managed, such as honeybees (Apis mellifera, Apis cerana), some bumblebees and a few […]

  On Earth Day, April 22nd, Navdanya International, Naturaleza de Derechos, Health of Mother Earth Foundation – HOMEF, with over 500 organisations from 50 countries, networks and individuals from all over the world, launched a Planetary Communique and a call for urgent action where the health and wellbeing of all peoples and the planet are […]

By Salvatore Ceccarelli – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future – November 2019  Orginally published in: Bioversity International (2019) Agrobiodiversity Index Report 2019: risk and resilience. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International 182 p. ISBN: 978-92-9255-125-4: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100820 – Reproduced with the author’s permission KEY MESSAGES: Crop diversity […]

By Nadia El-Hage Scialabba – Extract from Navdanya International Report The Future of Food – Farming with Nature, Cultivating the Future – November 2019  « First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. » (Mahatma Gandhi)   Introduction  Purpose. This chapter reviews the state of affairs in food and […]