The Rise of Big Meat: Brazil's Extractive Industry Executive Summary

Brazil is the world’s leading exporter of soybeans, the second largest exporter of maize and the world’s largest beef trader. It has overtaken the United States in becoming the biggest exporter of poultry in the world, close to 39 percent of total global exports. With China drastically increasing its pork imports in the last two years, Brazil has also stepped in to meet this demand.

Applying Nanotechnology to Fertilizer: Rationales, research, risks and regulatory challenges

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A Case Study on the Agroecological Transition in Mexico

By minimizing the use of external inputs and decreasing dependency on global commodity markets, agroecological approaches enable small farmers to survive some of the challenges posed by climate change, volatile prices and unfavourable government policies.

Agroecological Transition in Mexico

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NAFTA Renegotiation: What's at stake for food, farmers and the land?

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Don't Believe the Carbon Market Hype

Introduction The effects of climate change are increasingly apparent—2016 was recorded as the hottest year ever, and droughts, floods, wildfires and other extreme weather events are rising globally. The implications of these changes are tremendous; yet, the United States does not currently have a national plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Counting the Costs of Agricultural Dumping

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