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Who's profiting from higher food prices? Certainly not the rice farmers

Some people are making big bucks from the higher prices of food, including rice. But not the farmers. The Star (8 May) carried this tiny report on page 32 - it should have been front page headlines, … more »

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Who's profiting from higher food prices? Certainly not the rice farmers — 7 comments

anilnetto wrote 1 month ago: Some people are making big bucks from the higher prices of food, including rice. But not the farmer … more »

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, poverty, Development Issues, Workers' rights, Marginalised groups, Rice, Farmers, organic, Agriculture

Intense interest in Malaysian polls across the Causeway — 1 comment

anilnetto wrote 4 months ago: I am just back from Singapore, where I took part in a forum on the Malaysian general election with s … more »

Tags: ASEAN, media, Development Issues, democracy, Malaysian elections, Malaysian Politics

GM mosquitoes to be released in Malaysia on large scale? — 5 comments

anilnetto wrote 5 months ago: Just spotted this Wired news report on an experiment with genetically modified mosquitoes - and the … more »

Tags: Environment/Climate Change, Development Issues, Health Care

Corporate takeover of agriculture gathers pace

anilnetto wrote 5 months ago: More worrying developments regarding the corporate takeover of agriculture. Nestle is eyeing the com … more »

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, Workers' rights

Palm oil, palm oil everywhere, but only a few drops to cook...

anilnetto wrote 6 months ago: Only in Malaysia: Malaysia - world’s second largest palm oil producer. (Indonesia is now the w … more »

Tags: Accountability, Development Issues

Climate change: Too little, too late? — 1 comment

anilnetto wrote 6 months ago: This snippet from a World Development Movement blog entry from the UN Framework Conference on Clima … more »

Tags: ASEAN, Malaysian finance/business, united states, Environment/Climate Change, Corporate-led globalisation, Development Issues, Energy & Resources

Farmers lose autonomy as MNCs take control of agriculture

anilnetto wrote 7 months ago: Farmers are under increasing pressure from multinational corporations, which in many parts of the wo … more »

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, Corporate-led globalisation, Development Issues, democracy, Workers' rights, Marginalised groups, Civil Society

NCER: Transforming agriculture - for whom? — 2 comments

anilnetto wrote 9 months ago: On 30 July, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) master-plan was launched with much fanfare. … more »

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, poverty, Environment/Climate Change, Corporate-led globalisation, Development Issues, Workers' rights

NCER: Who benefits more - Sime Darby or farmers?

anilnetto wrote 11 months ago: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has launched the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) masterplan. … more »

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, poverty, Corporate-led globalisation, Development Issues, Marginalised groups

A classic PR battle

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: You may not have noticed, but a classic PR battle is being waged between the agrichemical industry a … more »

Tags: Development Issues, Workers' rights


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