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Stop the corporate takeover of African food

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 27 October 2014
Campaigns: Food

Leaflet: The UK government is helping corporations take over African agriculture in the name of tackling hunger. This will help big business make vast profits, while small scale farmers risk […]

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Briefing: The Landless Workers Movement

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 1 May 2014
Campaigns: Food

Radical and inspiring, Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people since it was formed in the 1980s. This year the movement marked its thirtieth anniversary with […]

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Agribusiness: Q&A

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 1 April 2014
Campaigns: Food

Answers to tricky questions about our food/agribusiness campaign

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Campaign overview: Stop the corporate takeover of Africa’s food

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 1 April 2014
Campaigns: Food

The UK government is colluding with multinational companies like Monsanto and Unilever to enable them to take control of Africa’s food system.

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Report: Carving up a continent

Type: Reports
Date: 1 April 2014
Campaigns: Food

How the UK government is facilitating the corporate takeover of African food systems

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A new wave of colonialism

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 10 March 2014
Campaigns: Food

How the UK government is helping corporations take control of African food

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Seeds of change: healthy food for everyone

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 2 February 2014
Campaigns: Food

Growing food sovereignty from the grassroots. Food is central to our health, quality and length of life. It is integral to our local cultures: producing and eating together binds people, […]

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Exposed: How the UK government has colluded with the UK finance sector against legislation to curb food speculation

Type: Campaign briefings
Date: 1 December 2013
Campaigns: Food

Excessive speculation in the commodity markets has increased volatility in global commodity prices, and has played a significant role in the sharp food price spikes of the last few years. […]

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Report: Dangerous Futures

Type: Reports
Date: 1 December 2013
Campaigns: Food

How our pensions fuel hunger

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MEP briefing: Effective reforms for stable food prices

Type: MP briefings
Date: 1 July 2013
Campaigns: Food

Excessive financial speculation in commodity derivatives has significantly increased price volatility and inflation for staple foods and other commodities. This has had negative impacts for consumers and businesses in Europe […]

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