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Big Agriculture is watching critics, pesticides and GMO food

The Mail & Guardian
A new investigation details a covert campaign that companies such as Monsanto, now Bayer, and Syngenta waged against critics who threatened...
1 month ago

Iowa trial of GMO bananas is delayed

The Des Moines Register
A controversial plan to have Iowa State University students eat genetically modified bananas has been delayed, apparently because of issues in shipping the...
118 months ago

Why GM crops aren’t feeding Africa

The Economist
The species of bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis produces proteins that some caterpillars find toxic. Insert the underlying genes into a maize...
3 weeks ago

Bayer's Monsanto takeover: 'Less choice for African farmers'

DW
A $66 billion merger deal between German chemical giant Bayer and US seeds firm Monsanto could result in the world's largest agribusiness.
98 months ago

Why African Groups Want Reparations From The Gates Foundation

Forbes
The open letter charges funders with promoting a type of corporate, industrial agriculture that does not respect African ecosystems or...
3 months ago

Reviving use of local seeds in African farming

SciDev.Net
Local seeds in Africa can solve the region's food insecurity and climate problems says Siphiwe Sithole, a farmer and managing director at African Marmalade.
7 months ago

Friday Activist: Mariam Mayet

Daily Maverick
Mayet is the executive director of the African Centre for Biodiversity and is an anti-GMO, food sovereignty and food security activist.
56 months ago

In a time of hunger, South Africa is losing its real gold

Earth Journalism Network
A visit to the homestead of the Netshidzivhe people in Limpopo province produces a treasure trove of heritage seeds and ancient plant...
95 months ago

The roots of hunger and inequity in South Africa’s corporate seed system

Inf'OGM
Twenty two years after the political democratisation of South Africa, economic power remains in the hands of a small elite, with there being...
92 months ago

Integrate biodiversity targets from local to global levels

Science | AAAS
Decisions to be made at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will shape biodiversity conservation...
7 months ago