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Bill Gates now pushing genetically modified seeds in Africa
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| The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
| continues to throw its support behind risky
| genetically modified (GM) seeds as a means
| for feeding hungry Africans, ignoring safer
| and more reliable technologies that already
| exist.
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| Not long after publicly blaming GM critics
| for prolonging hunger in Africa, Gates
| announced that his foundation is partnering
| with DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred to
| develop higher yield GM strains of corn.
| Two years ago, the Gates Foundation also
| partnered with Monsanto to develop drought-
| tolerant GM corn.
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| The companies claim that these GM seeds
| will be delivered to small farmers free of
| charge. Yet Monsanto says its drought-
| tolerant corn will not be ready until 2012,
| at which point it will be introduced into
| the commercial market. It will not be made
| available to poor African farmers until
| 2016.
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http://www.naturalnews.com/029071_Bill_Gates_GM_seeds.html
Lutheran World Relief Responds to Growing Food Crisis in Niger
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lutheran-world-relief-responds-to-growing-food-crisis-in-niger-96915924.html
Lutheran World Relief Responds to Growing Food Crisis in Niger
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220361/685534cda0821a384198bf2cf312761b.htm
Recent:
Groups around the U.S. Join Haitian Farmers in Protesting "Donation" of Monsanto Seeds
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| AGRA Watch in Seattle plans a march today
| which will end outside the Gates Foundation
| office. AGRA stands for A Green Revolution in
| Africa, which is a multinational corporation-
| driven, GMO-driven program now being launched
| in Africa. The Gates Foundation has been a key
| promoter of AGRA. The group says, âThe dumping
| of toxic seeds in Haiti is the latest in a
| series of unsustainable solutions that
| Monsanto has pushed on farmers around the
| world. If the Gates Foundation wants to
| support a truly sustainable agricultural
| system in Africa, they must divorce themselves
| from Monsanto. Haitian farmers and African
| farmers have said NO! to corporate control of
| their food systems. The Gates Foundation and
| AGRA must say no to Monsanto.â
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http://thewip.net/talk/2010/06/groups_around_the_us_join_hait.html
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