Title | Africa’s solution to food insecurity lies in its private sector |
Director(s) | |
Date released (year) | 2012 |
Production company | PressTV |
Length | 2.40mins |
Location | Ethiopia |
Keywords/tags | Food security, private sector, corporatisation, neolioberalism |
Link to film | http://youtu.be/R6tpxEv0jmM |
Synopsis | A short news bulletin from PressTV covering an AU conference on African food security.
It is estimated that food imports in Africa totalled 50 billion US dollars in 2010 and are projected to exceed 100 billion dollars in the next 10 years. Source: http://youtu.be/R6tpxEv0jmM |
Reviews/discussion | There are many proponents of the idea that the private sector should play a key role in African food security issues. http://www.voanews.com/content/obama_hosts_leaders_for_g8_nato_summit/720889.html
http://www.gffc2013.com/?page_id=1324# However, one must question the corporate interests at play here (particularly in relation to GMOs and petrochemicals) and critique the kind of interventions that are proposed (Ngwenya). |
Links to other resources | UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (2008) ‘Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa’, http://unctad.org/en/Docs/ditcted200715_en.pdf
Weldeghaber Kidane, Materne Maetz and Philippe Dardel (2006) ‘Food security and agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa: Building a case for more public support’, http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0627e/a0627e00.htmFor a variety of reports that are largely critical of a neoliberal approach, see: The Africa Report: http://www.theafricareport.com/food-security.html Food Security Portal: http://www.foodsecurityportal.org/category/category/africa Women and urban food: www.africaportal.org/articles/2013/03/18/women-and-urban-food-insecurity-southern-africa |
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Shell, BP, Engen and SDCEA
Title | Shell, BP, Engen and SDCEA |
Director(s) | aoibheann.osullivan@gmail.com ; http://www.aoibheann.net |
Date released (year) | 2006 |
Production company | Independent |
Length | 14 mins |
Location | Durban, South Africa |
Keywords/tags | Climate change, Climate justice, Environmental justice, Carbon credits, South Durban, landfill sites, pollution, social justice, Group Areas Act, public health, World Bank, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, human rights, SAPREF, BP, Shell, Engen |
Link to film | Part one:
Part two: |
Synopsis | A look at the toxic relationship between the local residential community in the South Durban Basin (South Africa) and their neighbouring oil refineries run by Shell, BP and Engen. |
Reviews/discussion | See position papers from the South Durban Environmental Alliance: http://www.h-net.org/~esati/sdcea/positionpapers.html |
Links to other resources | Film maker’s home page: http://www.aoibheann.net/film2006.html
Groundwork: http://www.groundwork.org.za/ South Durban Environmental Alliance: http://www.h-net.org/~esati/sdcea/ |
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