OPINIONOPINION, India’s food security act: Myths and realityThe reforms promoted by Prime Minister Singh do not go far enough to help food production and the hungry.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, We don’t need GM bananas for iron deficiencyIron deficiency was not created by nature and we can get rid of it by becoming co-creators and co-producers with nature.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Seeds of suicide and slavery versus seeds of life and freedomContrary to its claims, Monsanto’s monopoly on seeds in India are the root cause behind the sharp increase in suicides.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Safety as freedomThe duty of a state that claims to be democratic is to guarantee safety and freedom to its “weakest citizens”.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Violent economic ‘reforms’ and the growing violence against womenThe Delhi gang rape victim has triggered a social revolution – we must sustain it, deepen it, expand it, notes author.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Opinion: On industrial agricultureOrganic farming is the “only way to produce food” without harming the planet and people’s health.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Designing food systems to protect nature and get rid of hungerIndustrialisation of agriculture creates hunger and malnutrition, destroying the food web to which we all belong.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Opinion: The great Rio U-turnMost countries are moving backwards, environmentally speaking – though Ecuador and Bhutan are notable exceptions.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Twenty years after Earth SummitNone of us are immune to climate change, or the effects it will have on the earth and our environment.quotes
OPINIONOPINION, Opinion: The futureconomics of foodThe economics of the future is based on people and biodiversity – not fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and monocultures.quotes