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African Civil Society Statement: Call For Ban on GMOs - Petition

African Civil Society Statement: Call For Ban on GMOs - Petition | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
From www.acbio.org.za - November 13, 2012 2:17 AM
African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) Activist Corner - Make your voice heard, sign the petition.

October 29, 2012

ntroduction - READ AND SIGN PETITION

We, the undersigned, members of civil society organisations from across the African continent, hereby call for an immediate and complete ban on the growing, importing and exporting of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on the African continent.

We call upon the governments of Africa to take the necessary steps to protect the health of their populations by supporting this call and commit to conducting independent and authoritative long-term food safety studies...

http://www.acbio.org.za/activist/index.php?m=u&f=dsp&petitionID=%20%201

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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.

 

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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/

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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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