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2025 (archives)

25 September 2025 – In the food sector, concentration through the increase of market share is losing steam – Other forms of control complement it more and more… [read]

August 2025 – Facts and figures on world food insecurity and malnutrition – Despite progress in Asia, food insecurity remains widespread and does not diminish according to global targets… [read]

28 July 2025 – Pesticides: for or against acetamiprid? An analysis of pros and cons – Economic weight, impact on the environment and health, lack of alternative… [read]

11 July 2025 – Migrating – an informed decision – Like anyone else, migrants make their decisions on the basis of the information they have. Context at the point of departure, aspirations and costs of migrating are among the main elements considered in the choice to migrate… [read]

16 June 2025 – Protecting the ocean, or how to ease our conscience by shooting ourselves in the foot – Protected marine areas are not credible solutions: simplistic, partial and short term, they do not address some major threats… [read]

June 2025 – The food weapon: a never-ending and horrendous story… – Used since time immemorial, the food weapon will most probably still flourish in the future. Nothing to be proud of… [read]

25 May 2025 – Twelve years after approving the largest ever food security programme, India’s food security challenge remains. Food insecurity persists in India, despite the huge resources mobilised since 2013… [read]

13 May 2025 – Green grabbing (2): what policy changes to stop it? Programme approach, long-term vision, genuine participation, cooperation among countries rather than ‘race to the bottom’, are the ingredients… [read]

April 2025 – Food and agriculture stakeholders – Third part: Civil Society. The special role of civil society in the food transition… [read]

April 2025 – Food and agriculture stakeholders Second part: Private corporations. An ascending force whose power has increased dramatically in recent decades, to the point of becoming all but dominant… [read]

20 March 2025 – Green land grabbing : money-spinning operations, dispossessed communities, little impact on CO2 emissions – The new solution to combat climate change? [read]

February 2025 – The food and agriculture stakeholders First part: states and intergovernmental organisations. A complex world, made of constantly conflicting interests… [read]

12 February 2025 – An experiment : artificial intelligence or natural intelligence? What value added for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)? What strengths? What weaknesses? What costs?… [read]

February 2025 – Understanding our world: end or new phase of capitalism? – Techno-feudalism, platform capitalism or capitalism of finitude In which direction is the global economic system changing? [read]

20 January 2025 – Scientific research under the influence of private interests (Season 3): the case of France – An official report identifies risks associated to links between research and commercial interests encouraged by policy-makers at European and national level… [read]

9 January 2025 – Fixing the food system through innovation, the World Economic Forum’s recipe  – According to WEF, handing over innovation to the private sector will help reduce negative impacts of food systems… [read]

2 January 2025 – Politics, environment and climate: public awareness, repression and inaction – Although world population is giving an increasing importance to environmental issues, governments are intensifying repression against environmental and climate protests, and remain inactive… [read]