Land grabbing is a topic of hot debate among scientists and development professionals. We received a comment on Fred Pearce’s land grabbing post that rightly points to what might be an even greater problem—water acquired along with land, or “wa…
No vanilla ice cream Any journalist will tell you, a meeting is not news. Not unless it’s the G20 or two sides in a civil war. Conflict is a main driver of narrative, news stories included. This was my dilemma as I sat down to write a press release for
Just published: new book based on the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food research finds there is enough water in the Nile basin to support development, but small farmers are at risk of being marginalized. What are the implications for the region?
Conventionally, we ask: what is the impact of agriculture on ecosystems? How are farming activities affecting ecosystems? At the Ecosystem Services and Resilience Workshop in Montpellier, France, earlier this month, scientists flipped this questio…
With food prices on the rise again, World Food Day this week should attract more attention than usual. Food security is back on the political agenda. That’s good. The world needs to think hard about how it can double food productions in the next …
