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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
3. GM Crops and Foods: Real and present dangers...
Wikileaks: State Dept. wants intel on African acceptance of GMOs
Source: Tom LaskawyThe Wikileaks release of U.S. State Department classified diplomatic cables may be problematic, but it has been quite a trove of information on the workings of our diplomatic corps. For the most part, the dump has confirmed things that we already knew about U.S. policy -- and that seems to be the case regarding the one mention of agricultural policy in these thousands of emails and documents (no doubt there are more) to which I was alerted. More...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Who Is AGRA In Ghana?
Who Is AGRA In Ghana?
by crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com
October 25, 2010
Who Is AGRA In Ghana?
Posted by xcroc under Ghana, agriculture, development, maize
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Here are AGRA’s agents in Ghana. The result of their efforts, if they are successful, will be small farmers crushed by debt and forced off their land, the land will be depleted by chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and new super weeds and insect pests will flourish. As a friend who has worked with AGRA in Ghana says, if they give you 2000, they make sure to get 4000 back from you (in dollars, cedis, or any currency you name).
AGRA Watch researchers have mapped AGRA grant recipients and some alternatives to AGRA. The map, which is linked below, covers all of Africa, this is just the Ghana section. More...
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by crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com
October 25, 2010
Who Is AGRA In Ghana?
Posted by xcroc under Ghana, agriculture, development, maize
Leave a Comment
Here are AGRA’s agents in Ghana. The result of their efforts, if they are successful, will be small farmers crushed by debt and forced off their land, the land will be depleted by chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and new super weeds and insect pests will flourish. As a friend who has worked with AGRA in Ghana says, if they give you 2000, they make sure to get 4000 back from you (in dollars, cedis, or any currency you name).
AGRA Watch researchers have mapped AGRA grant recipients and some alternatives to AGRA. The map, which is linked below, covers all of Africa, this is just the Ghana section. More...
See also:
Why is Kofi Annan Fronting For Monsanto? The GMO Assault On Africa
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Food Sovereignty and Security/ Real and present dangers...
- The Multifunctionality of Agriculture
- WTO Agreement on Agriculture
- GM Crops and Foods
- Food Subsidy and local economies
- Corporate, Foreign Government land grab
- The Right To Water
II/ FACILITATING SELF-MOBILISATION •
CHALLENGING DOGMA AND PROPAGANDA
III/ EFFECTIVE NETWORK •
AMBUSHING AN IMMINENT CONJUNCTION
IV/ THE ENDURING IMPERATIVES •
OF THE PAN-AFRICANIST STRUGGLE
V/ CONSOLIDATION OF INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY •
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