January 2003's Issue
Peasants' revolt: The politics of food and farmingEvery month, we put up a selection of articles from the magazine. To enjoy the complete magazine, subscribe and receive three free issues and a world map. Or buy a digital subscription which gives you unlimited access to all magazines since 2007 and for a year after purchase on your computer or mobile device, in their original full-colour design.
Featured in issue 353
‘the Eksotika Karmawibhangga (eki) Dance Group.’ Photo © Rolex De La Pena / Drik Picture Library
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The new peasants’ revolt
Katharine Ainger takes issue with a model of agriculture that’s turning small farmers from stewards of the land into servants.
- Katharine Ainger
- 1 Jan 2003
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How (not) to feed Africa
As famine stalks Africa Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher demands a rethink about food aid, small farms, genetic modification and debt.
- Tewolde Egziabher
- 1 Jan 2003
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Israel: time to divest
Nobel Peace Prizewinner Archbishop Desmond Tutu argues that it is time for us to treat Israel as we once treated apartheid South Africa.
- Desmond Tutu
- 1 Jan 2003
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Tainted tortillas
Maize in Mexico has been contaminated by genetically modified organisms. Tania Molina Ramírez reports on a scandal – and what the ‘people of maize’ are doing about it.
- Tania Ramírezis
- 1 Jan 2003
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Cutting the wire
The Landless Movement (MST) in Brazil came to prominence by occupying land. Now, reports Sue Branford, the movement’s getting serious about sustainable farming, too.
- Sue Branford
- 1 Jan 2003
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Rolex de la Pena
The dancer’s silhouette: a picture from Indonesia by the Filipino photographer Rolex de la Pena.
- Rolex Pena
- 1 Jan 2003
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Robin Hood in reverse
The 2002 Farm Bill pumps a $250-billion subsidy into big farming business in the US. The losers, says Anuradha Mittal, are almost everyone else.
- Anuradha Mittal
- 1 Jan 2003
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The market and the monsoon
In a special report from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India, Katharine Ainger looks through the dust and the desperation at Vision 2020 – a plan to remove 20 million people from their land.
- Katharine Ainger
- 1 Jan 2003
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The magic bean
The way forward, says Jules Pretty, involves learning fromthe 350,000 generations of farmers, not just the last two generations of industry.
- Jules Pretty
- 1 Jan 2003
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Shares in the sky
A model to reduce global warming – and increase global justice. Mark Lynas explains ‘contraction and convergence’.
- Mark Lynas
- 1 Jan 2003
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Tricks of the Trade
The rules of the global trading system – who makes them and why, as they apply to rice, meat, dairy products, sugar, wheat, coffee and genetically modified soya and maize.
- Katharine Ainger
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