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Feeding Illusions:Agribusiness, Family Farmers

and the Future of Food

Timothy A. WiseSenior Researcher, Small Planet Institute

Research Fellow, GDAE, Tufts University

January 2017


LDCs’ Soaring Food Import Bills

LDC Import Value

LDC Export Value0

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1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011

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Source: FAOStat (2013)

Agricultural Trade Balance, Least Developed Countries1961-2011

LDCs 2001 2005 2011

Exports $3.6 b $ 5.8 b $13.2 bImports $8.2 b $15.0 b $35.5 b

Agric trade deficit $4.6 b $9.2 b $22.3 b


Feeding Illusions

Introduction: Feeding Illusions after the Food CrisisSection 1: Africa: Land, Seeds, and Hunger The Malawi Miracle: The Limits of the Green Revolution Tanzania Land Grabbing: Biofueling Dispossession Mozambique’s ProSAVANA: Failure to Launch Zambia: Land-poor Farmers in a Land-Rich CountrySection 2: Agribusiness vs. Family Farmers Iowa Feeds the World? Food, Fuel & Finance in the Heartland Mexico: GM Corn in the Crop’s Garden of Eden The False GM Food Debate: Are We Depolarized Yet? India vs. US at WTO: Trading in Hypocrisy on Food SecurityConclusion: The Arrogance of the Species


Malawi: The Limits of the Green Revolution


“Improved Seeds”- Savior or Dependency Trap?


“Improved Seeds”- Savior or Dependency Trap?

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Source: Malawi Agricultural Census 2006/7

Malawi Maize Variety Yields by Fertilizer Intensity2006/2007 Agricultural Season

Local

Composite

Hybrid

Loss of Malawian-developed hybrid varieties.


First Step: Maize Intercropped with Legumes


Lobi, Malawi: Recovering Native Maize


Farmer Evelyn Njolomole explains virtues of native orange maize to Malawi President Peter Mutharika (June 2016, Lilongwe)


Marracuene, Mozambique: Women-led Coop


Marracuene: Cooperative Seed Bank


International Panel of Experts on Sustainable

Food Systems

“From Uniformity to Diversity: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems”

Olivier De Schutter initiative

http://www.ipes-food.org/reports


Feeding Illusions

Introduction: Feeding Illusions after the Food CrisisSection 1: Africa: Land, Seeds, and Hunger The Malawi Miracle: The Limits of the Green Revolution Tanzania Land Grabbing: Biofueling Dispossession Mozambique’s ProSAVANA: Failure to Launch Zambia: Land-poor Farmers in a Land-Rich CountrySection 2: Agribusiness vs. Family Farmers Iowa Feeds the World? Food, Fuel & Finance in the Heartland Mexico: GM Corn in the Crop’s Garden of Eden The False GM Food Debate: Are We Depolarized Yet? India vs. US at WTO: Trading in Hypocrisy on Food SecurityConclusion: The Arrogance of the Species


Policy Reportby

Timothy A. WiseSophia MurphyJanuary 2012

Structural change in agriculture:• Food, fuel, and finance• Resource constraints• Climate crisis

Can we put the genie back in the bottle?

Available at:http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/policy_research/resolving_food_crisis.html


Rising to the Challenge:Changing Course to Feed the World in 2050

ActionAid USA Report

Based on scoping paper by

Timothy A. WisePolicy Research DirectorGlobal Development and

Environment InstituteTufts University


Achieving Mexico’s Maize Potential

Oct. 2012

Published by:Woodrow Wilson Center

Spanish

Global Development and Environment Institute,

Tufts UniversityEnglish

Download: http://www.gdae.org

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