Agriculture and Food Security

War in Sudan Engulfs Agricultural Heartland Amid Record Levels of Hunger

January 15, 2025 UNAC Editor Civil War, Sudan

by Pavan Kulkarni, published on People’s Dispatch, January 1, 2025 After capturing Gezira, a State in central Sudan that was producing half of its wheat and providing refuge to hundreds of thousands of IDPs, the RSF is set to battle the Sudanese Armed Forces for the neighboring states to consolidate control over the country’s agricultural heartland Agricultural production has come[…]

Why is the Nicaraguan Government Demonized by both Liberals and Conservatives When Nicaragua Has Seen Great Progress Under the Sandinistas?

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Socialism

by Stansfield Smith, published on Covert Action Magazine, March 28, 2022 Women Have Made Particularly Significant Gains Under the Second Sandinista Government Since 2006 Women, particularly those in the Third World, often find themselves with limited ability to participate in community organizations and political life because of the poverty and their traditional sex role imposes on them. On them falls[…]

Big Ag: New Threats to Farming and Food Security

May 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Agriculture, GMO Argriculture, LandGrabs

by Jomo Kwame Sundaram , published on Consortium News, May 14, 2021 Producers and consumers seem helpless as food all over the world comes under fast growing corporate control. Such changes have also been worsening environmental collapse, social dislocation and the human condition. The recent joint report – by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) and[…]