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INDIA: 8,200 farmers suicide: Maharashtra State Revokes Monsanto's Cotton Seed License -

INDIA: 8,200 farmers suicide: Maharashtra State Revokes Monsanto's Cotton Seed License - | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From ens-newswire.com - August 14, 2012 8:45 PM

In late June, India joined Russia, China, Brazil, and 49 major industrialized nations in REQUIRING GMO LABELING. So far, 50 countries either restrict or ban the use or cultivation of GMOs outright.

 

NEW DELHI, India, August 9, 2012 (ENS) - The Indian state of Maharashtra has revoked Monsanto's license to sell genetically engineered cotton seeds.

The move comes amid an investigation into the rising suicide rates among Maharashtra farmers that have been planting the seeds. Some have suggested the high cost of the seeds, which have failed to repell cotton pests as promised, and the debt incurred by farmers as a result has been a contributor to more than 8,200 suicides in the past decade in the Vidarbah region of the Indian state... http://ens-newswire.com/2012/08/09/maharashtra-state-revokes-monsantos-cotton-seed-license/

 

THOUSANDS OF DYING FARMERS IN SRI LANKA: STUDY LINKS KIDNEY DISEASE TO AGROCHEMICALS

http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2720363606/thousands-of-dying-farmers-in-sri-lanka-study-links-kidney-disease-to-agrochemicals

 

April 29, 2013 The Center for Public Integrity
NEW URGENCY TARGETS MYSTERIOUS KIDNEY DISEASE IN CENTRAL AMERICA http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/04/29/12582/new-urgency-targets-mysterious-kidney-disease-central-america

 

 

HARVEST OF HYPOCRISY: FARMERS BEING BLAMED FOR GMO CROP FAILURES  | February 9, 2013 - Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca/harvest-of-hypocrisy-farmers-being-blamed-for-gmo-crop-failures/5322807

 

 

 

 

 

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UN: Privatizing food and agricultural aid is dangerous. Obama's Africa Plan Is Wrong

From humanosphere.kplu.org - December 11, 2012 10:18 PM

December 11, 2012 Humanosphere
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, examines the Obama Administration’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a project aimed at boosting food production in the developing world. De Schutter notes that one example of the new initiative’s approach is to have Cargill launch a large-scale project on 40,000 acres of farmland in Mozambique — which may increase crop yields but also potentially displace many poor smallholder farmers.

 

TURNING AFRICA INTO A GMO BONANZA FOR GIANT CORPORATIONS: Foreign Takeover of the future of farming in Africa http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3514294933/turning-africa-into-a-gmo-bonanza-for-giant-corporations-foreign-takeover-of-the-future-of-farming-in-africa

 

May 18, 2012 The White House
FACT SHEET: G-8 ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN AFRICA http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/18/fact-sheet-g-8-action-food-security-and-nutrition

“The very factors that make Africa a target for agricultural development aid also make it a promising land market for multinational investors. But opportunities should not be mistaken for solutions. Problems can arise when private companies take a central role in aid programmes.”... http://humanosphere.kplu.org/jp/op-ed-privatizing-food-and-agricultural-aid-is-dangerous/

SEE THE TRUTH & WATCH "Food Inc." (2008) Obama, USDA promote and foster this stranglehold on our food supply by the global biotech food cartel ?http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3732889325/watch-again-food-inc-2008-and-obama-usda-promote-and-foster-this


UNITED NATIONS: Why are GM crops not the solution? VIDEO http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228040300/united-nations-why-are-gm-crops-not-the-solution

AFRICA - SOLD: Obama Puts Big 6 Chemical GMO Giants In Charge -- of "Ending Hunger" -- in Africa http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1837261743/africa-sold-obama-puts-big-6-chemical-gmo-giants-in-charge-of-ending-hunger-in-africa

The Corporate Take-Over of African Food Security http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3404411443/the-corporate-take-over-of-african-food-security

Who Owns Nature? Corporate Power and the Final Frontier in the Commodification of Life http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2299601530/who-owns-nature-corporate-power-and-the-final-frontier-in-the-commodification-of-life

pdjmoo's insight:

Opportunities should not be mistaken for solutions.  "Investment" implies a financial return and often control.  "Philanthropy" and "Aid" should not be attached to profits but rather to empower and uplift populations into self independence in line with their regional ecosystems, cultural food and needs without coercion or hidden agendas by those acting as a trojan horse for big foreign business and corporate interests e.g. The Gates Foundation

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