security and shortages of food

Growing food in the desert a solution to World’s food crisis?

Philipp Saumweber is creating a miracle in the barren Australian outback, growing tonnes of fresh food. So why has he fallen out with the pioneering environmentalist who invented the revolutionary system?   The scrubby desert outside Port Augusta, three hours from Adelaide, is not the kind of countryside you see in Australian tourist brochures. The backdrop [...]

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By administrator
Saturday, November 24th, 2012

What will we be eating in 20 years’ time?

Future Foods. Volatile food prices and a growing population mean we have to rethink what we eat, say food futurologists. So what might we be serving up in 20 years’ time? It’s not immediately obvious what links Nasa, the price of meat and brass bands, but all three are playing a part in shaping what [...]

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By developer
Monday, July 30th, 2012

Environmental collapse is now a serious threat

Scientists suspect the Earth’s resources and ecosystems will reach a tipping point by 2025, resulting in a decline in food stocks, biodiversity and water. Climate change, population growth and environmental destruction could cause a collapse of the ecosystem just a few generations from now, scientists warned on June 6 in the journal Nature. The paper [...]

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By developer
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Infestation of locusts are a danger for croplands in Mali and Niger

The United Nations warned today that croplands in Niger and Mali are at imminent risk from Desert Locust swarms that are moving southward from Algeria and Libya. “How many locusts there are and how far they move will depend on two major factors – the effectiveness of current control efforts in Algeria and Libya and [...]

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By developer
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Shock as GM are declared ‘halal’

In December 2010, an international workshop for Islamic scholars was held in Penang, Malaysia on the theme “Agribiotechnology: Shariah Compliance.” The little publicized event was not attended by any of the NGO’s in Malaysia with a background in biotech issues. A web report claimed that the workshop was “attended by high-ranking ulama from Saudi Arabia [...]

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By Tatiana Antonelli Abella
Thursday, August 18th, 2011