Will the future of food be genome edited?
What will we eat in the future—and who gets to decide? From lab-grown meat to agroecology, the politics of food in Africa are being shaped by tech dreams, corporate agendas, and grassroots resistance.
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Joeva Rock
Joeva Sean Rock is an assistant professor of anthropology at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA.
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We often hear from Western donors that Africa suffers from food ‘scarcity.’ The real problem is the exploitation of African land, labor, and knowledge.
GMOs for Africa?
Rather than addressing food scarcity, genetically modified crops may render African farmers and scientists more, not less, reliant on global markets.
Des OGM pour l’Afrique?
Plutôt que de pallier l’insécurité alimentaire, les cultures génétiquement modifiées risquent de rendre les agriculteurs et les scientifiques africains plus, et non moins, dépendants des marchés mondiaux.
The fight for the future of food
Centering African voices in a discussion so often dominated by non-African observers.
Donald Trump’s Africa policy
The involvement of far right and conservative think tanks in developing Trump’s Africa agenda.
Only the soil can free us
Why agricultural change is political change. Take the case of farmers in Burkina Faso.
Silent Aid
The time is ripe to ask not “does aid work,” but “how does aid work?”
Economic Fighters wants to revive Ghana’s anti-colonial legacy
As Ghana moves forward with a US military agreement, one group seeks to challenge the country’s political direction.
Pythons and lily pads
Is the US military on its way to Ghana to set up base? What do Ghanaians think.