Though media coverage of the flooding in Pakistan is far less robust than the coverage of the Haiti earthquake, there’s been some recent buzz in the blogosphere. In assessing Pakistan’s crisis, many bloggers have asked some version of the question “Why is no one helping?” Some suspect the reason is donor fatigue. Others stress it’s …
Read More
Food Security in India [NY Times] Terrific letter to the editor by AJWS’s Board Chair, Barbara Dobkin! The land rush doesn’t have to end in a poor deal for Africans [Guardian] Sadly, for anyone who happens to live on that farmland there are countless examples of governments handing it over at bargain prices to foreign …
Read More
Status of Female Farmers Rises During Food Crisis [Women’s E-News] “The women who grow more than half the world’s agricultural produce have gained international recognition and aid since the start of the global food crisis in 2007. Instead of being seen as a minor, vulnerable group, international aid agencies have begun keeping sex-specific data and …
Read More
The headline of Sunday’s front page New York Times article reads, “India Asks, Should Food Be a Right for the Poor?” Of course it should. The article recounts the sobering fate of India’s countless citizens who, after enduring extreme starvation and malnutrition, have fallen through the country’s social safety net. An excerpt from the article: …
Read More
An in-depth look at the future of sustainable agriculture [Nature News] Where are the NGOs working in Haiti and what are they doing: an interactive map [InterAction]
Read More