Since its domestication some 9,000 years ago, maize (Zea mays L.; corn) has played an
increasing and diverse role in global agri-food systems. Global maize production has surged …

It has recently been argued that the fragmented knowledge on the social impacts of
genetically modified (GM) crops is contributing to the polarised debate on the matter. This …

Communicating Social Change: Structure, Culture, and Agency explores the use of
communication to transform global, national, and local structures of power that create and …

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This paper assesses the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data
(1996–2010) and a new indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). The …

The paper provides theoretical and empirical justifications for the instrumentality of foreign
aid in stimulating private investment and fixed capital formation through fiscal policy …

Anthropocentric thinking produces fractured ecological perspectives that can perpetuate
destructive, wasteful behaviours. Learning to recognise the entangled nature of our …

This paper presents a longitudinal study of the debate on GMO in the Swedish media,
comparing coverage of the topic in the general press and agricultural press. We studied …

The southern African food crisis of 2002 led to one of the most significant controversies over
the use of genetically modified (GM) crops in the developing world to date. Zambia's staunch …

Food has the potential to become a dominant political issue worldwide. This proposition is
evident from the breadth of writing on both the political economy of food and interest groups' …