GM MAIZE FOR LOCAL TRIALS BY 2010
GM MAIZE FOR LOCAL TRIALS BY 2010
SOURCE: Daily Nation, Kenya
AUTHOR: Bernard Muthaka
URL:
http://www.nation.co.ke/magazines/artandculture/-/1222/612012/-/7ol9f2z/-/in
dex.html
DATE: 17.06.2009
Kenya will soon start confined field trials of drought-tolerant transgenic
maize variety in a project spearheaded by Kenya Agricultural Research
Institute. The project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is in
the process of seeking regulatory approval for the confined field trials
Buffett Turns to Farming in Africa
A Buffett Turns to Farming in Africa
Warren’s son Howard has quietly become a player in the fight against global hunger
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Statement of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: The Human Right to Food and the Challenges Facing an African "Green Revolution"
A consensus has emerged over the past couple of years that the African continent must improve its ability to feed its population, and that in order to do so, the efforts to support the agricultural sector must be further strengthened. Yet the vital questions are what efforts are needed, what directions they should take, who they should target, and who should decide.
Statement from COPAGEN/Benin: African Agricultural Policies and the Development of Family Farms
No one has the right to use food as a weapon against the people
PUBLIC MEETING
African agricultural policies and the development of family farms
The agricultural policies implemented by the leaders of African countries during the last 50 years
have promoted only cash crops. The cotton, cocoa, palm oil, rubber, groundnut and other sectors
have been organised and resourced and the crops exported to feed the industries of the North with
practically no value added. Unfortunately for the continent, the price of agricultural commodities
Mount Kenya Declaration on the Global Crisis and Africa’s Responsibility
Mount Kenya Declaration on the Global Crisis and Africa’s Responsibility
Statement from the African Biodiversity Network
From 23 - 31 May 2009, the African Biodiversity Network (ABN) have gathered together near Mount Kenya, 25 organisations from 10 countries that work with farmers and local communities on the issues of biodiversity, food sovereignty, livelihoods, climate change, traditional knowledge, culture and community rights in Africa.
Victory For Biowatch in Landmark Legal Case
VICTORY FOR BIOWATCH IN LANDMARK LEGAL CASE
Johannesburg, 3 June 2009
Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs today handed down judgment in the Biowatch case. Calling the case “a matter of great interest to the legal profession, the general public, and bodies concerned with public interest litigation”, Justice Sachs set aside the costs order awarded against Biowatch in favour of Monsanto and further awarded legal costs in the High Court hearings in favour of Biowatch and against the state. The bench of eleven judges was unanimous in its decision.
