1. SEEDING DISASTER.
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ZAITCHIK, ALEXANDER
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TRANSGENIC seeds ,CONVENTION on Biological Diversity (1992) - Abstract
To introduce African farmers to their seeds and agrochemicals, the companies teamed up with Western governments to establish public-private collaborations. FEATURES This past summer, the global trade regime finalized details for a revolution in African agriculture. They were followed by farmers further to the south, in what is now Guatemala and Honduras, who developed other maize varieties around the time African farmers began to cultivate the cowpea. "The companies have changed our food culture; now they are using threats to change our farming culture", said Joseph Karimenga, a 30-year-old farmer of pepper, onion, and maize. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023