Tag: Agriculture
17 Articles
- Forum
Climate Change’s Disproportionate Impact on Women: Agricultural Workers in South Africa
Impact on Women in South Africa’s Agricultural Workforce Recent weather events across South Africa, such as the 2019 droughts, the worst in thirty-five years for some regions…
July 19, 2020
- Business & Economics
Climate Change and the Insurance Industry: Managing Risk in a Risky Time
Under the banner of “sustainable insurance,” a growing number of companies have committed themselves to reducing their own carbon footprints, improving their underwriting…
June 9, 2020
- Forum
From Planting Soft Image of Pakistan to Climate Change
Musharraf liberalized and corporatized the media, courted international capital, and even initially took on the corporate title of “chief executive” instead of the “chief…
June 8, 2020
- Science & Technology
Controlling Corruption to Improve Water Security: Lessons from the South African Water Sector
In the mid-90s, South Africa was seen as a global leader in the water sector. In 2002, South Africa spearheaded a campaign to set a global goal for sanitation provision, now…
June 3, 2020
- Global Governance
Defining Problems in the Face of Urgency: Climate Change and the Arctic
History matters. When dinosaurs roamed the planet (250 – 60 million years ago), the climate was several degrees hotter than at present. In the following fifty million years,…
June 1, 2020
- Science & Technology
Is “Clean Meat” the Solution to Industrial Animal Farming?
Shifts in animal farming and meat consumption within the United States and around the world illustrate both the successes and limitations associated with past food advocacy…
June 25, 2018
- Online Archive
The Absent Agriculturalist in International Affairs
Although issues of land, agricultural commodities, trade, pricing, productivity, patents, and farm subsidies are central to international negotiations, the agriculturist…
May 16, 2013