Photo Credit: South Asia Program Director, Rucha Chitnis

Global Food Crisis & Food Security

• State of food insecurity in the world: FAO 2010
• Mapping hotspots of climate change & food insecurity: CGIAR
  
• Can the world feed 10 billion people?: Raj Patel 
• Rethinking Food Security Policies: Anuradha Mittal
• 2007-08 Food Crisis: Have lessons been learnt: Oakland Institute
  

Gender & Climate Change

• Climate change vulnerability: Why does gender matter?
• UN Women & the Global Gender and Climate Alliance 
• Facts & figures on gender and climate change: UNIFEM
  

Gender & Agriculture

• Women in agriculture: Closing the gender gap for development (State of Food and Agriculture 2010-11)
• Strong business case for investing in women
• Promising approaches to address the needs of poor women farmers
• Eco – farming could double food produce: Olivier De Schutter

Focus: India

Food Security

• Can India make hunger history?: Devinder Sharma
• Food security takes away their autonomous lives: India Together
• Food for all?: P Sainath
• Estimating poverty: Prahlad Shekhawat

Farmer Suicides

• Every 30 minutes: Center for Human Rights and Global Justice 
• From seeds of suicide to seeds of hope: Dr. Vandana Shiva
• And meanwhile in Vidarbha: P Sainath
• Farmer suicides linked to crop failure and climate change: Al Jazeera

Land Grabs

• The great land grab - India’s war on farmers: Dr. Vandana Shiva
  
• The cost of urban land grab: Rahul Goswami
  

Gender & Climate Change

• Indian women’s vulnerability to climate change: Women for Sustainable Cities
• Adivasi women engaging in climate change: UNIFEM     
• Women farmers ready to beat climate change: IPS News
• Climate Change: India’s women say save our future: OneWorld South Asia

GM crops & Seed Control

• Monsanto’s great seed robbery in India: Dr. Vandana Shiva
• National Biodiversity Authority to prosecute Mahyco/Monsanto: Environment Support Group

Resource Guides & Tool Kits

• A Food Sovereignty Curriculum: Grassroots International
• Gender & Climate Change: UNDP
• Designing Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives: UNDP
• The Human Impact of Climate Change in India: OXFAM