Cover article in Time magazine critical of the food and farming system and practices. Created controversy, in part, for lack of objectivity and balance within the context of a news magazine cover story. Note: Article also identified as "Getting real about the high price of cheap food."
Campilan, Dindo (author), Roa, Julieta R. (author), and Gonsalves, Julian (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29785
Notes:
Pages 97-101 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages., Describes a program, UPWARD (Users' Perspectives with Agricultural Research and Development ). Shifts emphasis from food systems to livelihood systems, from crop production to agricultural livelihoods and from farms to marketing chains.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29793
Notes:
Pages 233-237 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages., "the experts have extensively colonized the new participatory fora for farmer knowledge." Author argues that the Farmer First model of learning urgently needs to be changed.
