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Jan Urhahn

Food Sovereignty Programme Director, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Publications

Seeds at Risk

: Book 04/2025

A new publication on global struggles for control over food

Buffer Stocks against Inflation

: Policy Papers 06/2024

How public food stocks can stabilize prices and help to transform our food systems

Seeds of Sovereignty: Contesting the Politics of Food

: Book 06/2024

A new dossier from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Alameda

The “Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa” Fails Again

: Studies 07/2023

Assessing the mid-term review of German-financed AGRA projects in Burkina Faso and Ghana

The War in Ukraine Is Imploding Africa’s Food Systems

: Policy Papers 10/2022

A new Rosa Luxemburg Foundation policy brief puts forward recommendations to turn the tide

Double Standards and Hazardous Pesticides from Bayer and BASF

: Studies 04/2021

A glimpse behind the scenes of the international trade in pesticide active ingredients

False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

: Studies 07/2020

A new study finds that the agricultural alliance has failed to achieve its own goals

Hazardous Pesticides from Bayer and BASF

: Studies 04/2020

A global trade with double standards

Making Farmer-Managed Seed Systems Work

: Publication 11/2019

An RLS policy brief

News

Stop Playing With Our Food!

: Analysis 23.01.2025

Because food speculation harms both consumers and producers, it must end

The Bitter Truth about Sweet Chocolate

: Comment 18.12.2024

Christmas without chocolate is practically unthinkable, but the cocoa bean has a dark side

How High Food Prices Transfer Wealth Upwards

: Comment 16.10.2024

On World Food Day, Jan Urhahn argues that the global food price crisis demands stricter regulations…

“Solidarity Is the Foundation of any Struggle”

: Interview 17.06.2024

An interview with Karel Swart from the South African agricultural trade union CSAAWU

The Struggle for Food Sovereignty in South Africa

: Interview 23.05.2024

In conversation with Andrew Bennie on food sovereignty and the land question in South Africa

Global Hunger Is Worse Than You Think

: Comment 16.10.2023

To defeat hunger around the world, we must rethink how we measure it

The Seeds Africa Needs

: Interview 17.04.2023

Famara Diédhiou on seed struggle in Africa and the new documentary film, “The Last Seed”

Banned Pesticides in AGRA Projects

: Report 26.02.2022

The German government is violating its own guidelines in development projects in Ghana

Africa’s Small-Scale Producers under Pressure

: Analysis 16.04.2020

The impact of COVID-19 on African agriculture, trends, and policy proposals

Seed Is the Foundation of Life

: Interview 15.01.2020

Fiona Chipunza on the fight for farmer-managed seed systems in Southern Africa