Native 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 READINGThe European Parliament just voted to re-authorise glyphosate, but with significant restrictions on its use.
CONTINUE READINGBy Dan Charles – npr/the salt, 6 April 2016 Seed labels from the J.C. Robinson Seed Co. – Courtesy of […]
CONTINUE READINGJoint Opposition – Actions against EP 1515600 patent on tomatoes held by Syngenta.
CONTINUE READINGWith bollworm developing resistance to Bt cotton crop, the government has decided to promote cultivation of indigenous varieties of the crop […]
CONTINUE READINGOver 40 participants from five continents have come to the Biodiversity conservatory farm at […]
CONTINUE READINGMore than 100 groups representing over 5 million Nigerians are opposing Monsanto’s attempts to introduce GM cotton and maize into Nigeria’s […]
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.
CONTINUE READINGDenmark has just become the European Union role model for biodiversity friendly seed marketing laws, putting pressure on every other country […]
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