By Nnimmo Bassey, Mariann Orovwuje, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour – HOMEF (Health of Mother Earth foundation), June 2016 Source: http://www.homef.org/pressrelease/nigerias-biosafety-agency-defies-government-nigerians Despite the promise of the Minister […]
CONTINUE READINGBesides taking control of the seeds of farmers in CGIAR seed banks, Bill Gates (along with the Rockefeller Foundation) is investing heavily in collecting seeds from across the world and […]
CONTINUE READINGRogue corporations responsible for eco-cide and genocide are now trying to take over India […]
CONTINUE READINGDrought, malnutrition and the agrarian crisis are symptomatic of a culture that’s letting […]
CONTINUE READINGNational IPR Policy cannot go against values and Ordre Public embodied in Indian Civilisation, the Indian Constitution, and the Indian Biodiversity and Patent Act.
CONTINUE READINGPart One of a Report on a Talk Given by Dr. Vandana Shiva at Pacifica’s 40th Anniversary Conference Pacifica Graduate […]
CONTINUE READINGAcross the world, communities are saving and exchanging seeds in diverse ways […]. They are creating and recreating freedom — for the seed, for seed keepers, and for all life and all people.
CONTINUE READINGNative seeds and organic farming are the answer to drought and climate change, to farmers’ suicides and to the agrarian distress. They are also the answer to hunger and malnutrition.
CONTINUE READINGHundreds of thousands of Indian farmers being driven to suicide because of high costs of seed, and false promises is enough ground for the government to revoke Monsanto’s Bt cotton […]
CONTINUE READINGWhen ordered to reduce Bt cotton seed prices by 74 per cent, Monsanto’s immediate response was to threaten to quit India, confirming that it cannot respect the law or farmers’ rights.
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