food security

U.N. Urges Foreign Fishing Fleets to Halt "ocean grabbing"

On 06 Nov, 2012 By Klaireh

By Alister Doyle

(Reuters) - "Ocean grabbing" or aggressive industrial fishing by foreign fleets is a threat to food security in developing nations where governments should do more to promote local, small-scale fisheries, a study by a U.N. expert said on Tuesday.

Our seeds - a video that warns of the threat commercial seeds pose to our food security

On 03 Oct, 2011 By rait man With 1 Comments

"Seeds Blong Yumi”, is a 57 minute documentary that celebrates traditional food plants and the people that grow them and stresses the importance of maintaining traditional farming practices [see video tralier below].

Indigenous farmers around the world face increasing pressure from agribusiness corporations that push their low-diversity seed stock. Many of these varieties require costly inputs such as pesticides and chemical fertilisers.

Agriculture is the key for improving lives in Papua New Guinea

On 05 Jul, 2011 By rait man

By Estella Cheung

THE agriculture sector has a huge untapped potential to create wealth and broad-based economic growth for PNG.  New Agriculture and Livestock Minister Philip Kikala said this during his briefing with heads of commodities agencies and agricultural institutions on Monday, adding that the sector’s core contributions are in the areas of food security, cash income generation, employment creation and poverty alleviation. 

Land grabbing a global concern

On 05 Jul, 2011 By rait man

Who can save Papua New Guinea?

On 27 Apr, 2011 By Effrey

By Reginald Renagi *

Papua New Guinea is a failing state. There, I’ve said it to get your attention. I hope I did.

Because the leaders we trusted since Independence have all failed us like the state institutions they are now running into the ground.

So unless those who have the power and opportunity to do something for PNG themselves actually now find some motivation, it may soon be too late to get the ‘ship of state’ back on track.

Why April 17, the International Day of Peasant Struggles, is important

On 20 Apr, 2011 By rait man

We should celebrate one of the largest but least recognised groups in the world, who grow most of the food we eat, says Henry Saragih*

Peasants and small farmers make up half of the world population and grow at least 70% of the world's food. This group includes small-scale farmers, pastoralists, landless people, peasant fishers and indigenous people all around the world.

No justification for land grabbing in Papua New Guinea or any developing country

On 20 Apr, 2011 By rait man

Papua New Guinea has recently lost over 5 million hectares of land to dubious agriculture projects, a scenario that is being repeated right across the developing world.

April 17, the International Day of Peasant Struggles, was therefore an auspicious moment for prominent farmers, fisherfolk, human rights and research organisations from around the world to sharply criticised the World Bank, three UN agencies and western governments for promoting agricultural investments that are resulting in land grabbing on a massive scale.

IFC part of the new neo-colonial land grab

On 16 Feb, 2011 By tok stret

With the International Finance Corporation (IFC) proudly trumpeting its expansion in Papua New Guinea we should all be aware of its true mission on behalf of the global elite and the world's richest corporations and nations.

Papua New Guinea is already beginning to suffer from the new neo-colonial landgrab with 5 million hectares having being seized in Special Agricuture Business Leases, and the IFC is in the thick of this global phenomena, as the article below by Ava Danlog explains.

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