The Environmental Agenda

News - Agriculture, Food & Soil

Angélica Enciso

May 22, 2023

[Translation] In the GM corn dispute with the United States, the Mexican cause is supported by science and will be able to achieve the goal of banning this product if the decision is "fair," says Steven Druker, director...

Cristopher Rogel Blanquet won the "Long Term Projects" award from the World Press Photo organization for documenting the evils that agrochemicals have done to the population of Villa Guerrero, State of Mexico. Photo: Facebook/Cristopher Rogel Blanquet. World Press Photo is a non-profit organization that is responsible for conducting the largest journalistic photography competition globally.

Uriel Monterrubio

April 9, 2023

[Translation] Photographer Cristopher Rogel narrated through his camera the evils that agrochemicals have caused in the people of Villa Guerrero.

There are a total of nine...

Viridiana Lázaro Lembrino

December 11, 2022

[Translation] The presidential decree that marks the end of glyphosate and transgenic corn in México is a milestone and the first step to transform our agrifood system and should serve to promote the change of...

Leandro Martín Olmos

November 28, 2022
  • The impact on soil health and biodiversity of a set of techniques, such as cover crops, organic fertilization or reduced tillage, will be monitored.

  • The research seeks to understand the...
September 2, 2022

[Translation] The community organization Unión de Cooperativas Tosepan Titataniske represents one of the largest and most successful collaborative experiences in the state of Puebla and is one of the most viable proposals...

Silvia Ribeiro*

July 30, 2022

[Translation] The wave of rising food prices continues, increasing famines. Although the media insists on the effect of the war in Ukraine, this is only a minor part of the problem. Certainly, the past two years of...

November 1, 2021

It isn’t your imagination — food prices have jumped. COVID-19 gutted much of the economy, but the grocery cartels controlling our food supply didn’t let the crisis go to waste for their profit margins. See our latest...

Tito Efraín Díaz, representante interino de la FAO

January 19, 2022

[translation] We can produce food differently and agroecology is demonstrating this by redesigning food systems and adapting them to local contexts. The result was reflected in the so-called 10 elements of agroecology,...