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Kirubel Teshome

@kiruskyd.bsky.social

#Agroecology #FoodSovereignty #Africa

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Witness Radio@witnessradio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“Vacant Land” Narrative Fuels Dispossession and Ecological Crisis in Africa – New report. #Land @iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/vacant-land-...

“Vacant Land” Narrative Fuels Dispossession and Ecological Crisis in Africa – New report.

By Witness Radio team. Over the years, the African continent has been damaged by the notion that it has vast and vacant land that is unused or underutilised, waiting to be transformed into industrial ...

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FIAN International@fian-international.bsky.social · 10mo ago

UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas & UN Special Rapporteur on the Right: to Food — have issued a powerful statement: 📢 Corporate dominance of global food systems threatens rural livelihoods, deepens inequality, and undermines the right to food...

UN experts urge binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard peasants’ rights and global food security

GENEVA — A handful of powerful corporations now control vast portions of global agricultural production, input markets and food supply chains, a concentration of power that undermines the autonomy of ...

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GMWatch@gmwatch.bsky.social · last yr.

New film showcases what’s wrong with food and farming — and how to put it right. @GMWatch talks with the film’s co-director, Helena Berndl about her new film, In Symbiosis, and the driving forces behind a broken food system and how to build true resilience. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...

New film showcases what’s wrong with food and farming – and how to put it right

“In Symbiosis” unveils the driving forces behind a broken food system and puts forward a path to building true resilience

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Jim Thomas@scanthehorizon.bsky.social · last yr.

Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!

MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · last yr.

Nearly half of the global agriculture market is controlled by four companies. In "Titans of Industrial Agriculture," @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social outlines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and why it matters. @landclimate.bsky.social interviewed Clapp on her new book:

Have monopolies broken agricultural markets?  - Land and Climate Review

Alasdair speaks to Jennifer Clapp about her new book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters.”

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Agroecology Coalition@agroecology.bsky.social · last yr.

🌍Towards N4G in Paris 🌱 The Decade of Action on Nutrition is almost ending. Where do we stand? What have we achieved? Read the op-ed by Patrizia Fracassi (FAO) and @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social (Cornell University) on how agroecology can nourish both people and the planet! 🌱 ➡️

Op-Ed | Nourishing Food Systems for People and the Planet through Agroecology – Food Tank

The Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris marks an important occasion to recognize the impact current food systems have on health.

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U.S. Right to Know @usrighttoknow.bsky.social · 2y ago

#Glyphosate impacts babies' health: “Our findings, combined with other recent work, challenge the prevailing regulatory position that GM crops and their associated agricultural practices are safe—and even beneficial—for health," say the authors of a new study in PNAS usrtk.org/healthwire/g...

Common herbicide glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, significantly harms the health of babies in rural communities — especially those already at risk.

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GMWatch@gmwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Common herbicide #glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests. Spurred by the introduction of #GMO seeds by #Monsanto in 1996, the use of glyphosate nationwide has increased by more than 750%. usrtk.org/healthwire/g...

Common herbicide glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, significantly harms the health of babies in rural communities — especially those already at risk.

usrtk.org

GRAIN@grain.org · 2y ago

The Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa #AGRA has a new president, straight out of WWF and Conservation International. Both organisations have deep ties to food and agribusiness corporations. @afsafrica.bsky.social @timschwab.bsky.social www.devex.com/news/agra-ap...

AGRA appoints Alice Ruhweza as new president

Ruhweza, who joins from the World Wildlife Fund, will take office on March 1 and succeed Agnes Kalibata, who has led AGRA for the past decade.

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GMWatch@gmwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Check out our latest Review, which covers the most recent developments regarding new #GMOs, including the industry’s global push to remove regulatory safeguards from these products, the battle over #patents, and the large-scale genetic damage that #CRISPR can trigger. gmwatch.org/en/main-menu...

Review 578: New GMOs

Welcome to Review 578, which covers the latest developments regarding new GMOs, including the industry’s global push to remove regulatory safeguards from these products. For why deregulating GMOs is a...

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Kirubel Teshome@kiruskyd.bsky.social · 2y ago

ዘመን አመጣሽ የዘር በሽታ መድሃኒት አለው የማታ ማታ ሃገር በወገን እንዴት ይረታ ፍቅር በነገር እንዴት ይፈታ ዘር ሳይለያየን ወይ ሃይማኖት ከጥንት በፍቅር የኖርንባት እናት ኢትዮዽያ፤ ውዲት ውዲትዋ በጎጆ አያልቅም ሙሽርነቷ ማን እንደ እናት፤ ማን እንደ ጂጂ! @zerecon.bsky.social @derejet.bsky.social Warm wishes for the holiday Fellas! youtu.be/047io79aP2g?...

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