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GATES AND AFRICA: A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA

GATES AND AFRICA:  A TROJAN HORSE FOR GMO BIOTECH CARTEL IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA | YOUR FOOD, YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR HEALTH: #Biotech #GMOs #Pesticides #Chemicals #FactoryFarms #CAFOs #BigFood | Scoop.it

inter Press Service, March 23, 2015
 ▶ GATES FOUNDATION SLAMMED FOR PLAN TO PRIVATISE AFRICAN SEED MARKETS http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/03/gates-foundation-slammed-for-plan-to-privatise-african-seed-markets/


The Ecologist, March 26,2015
CARVING UP AFRICA - AID DONORS PLOT THE GREAT AGRIBUSINESS TAKEOVER http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2805343/carving_up_africa_aid_donors_and_agribusiness_plot_the_great_seed_privatization.html


inter Press Service, March 23, 2015
 ▶ GATES FOUNDATION SLAMMED FOR PLAN TO PRIVATISE AFRICAN SEED MARKETS http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/03/gates-foundation-slammed-for-plan-to-privatise-african-seed-markets/


Food First, March 23,2015
GATES FOUNDATION AND USAID PLOTS WAYS OF PROFITING FROM AFRICA'S SEED SYSTEM http://foodfirst.org/press-releases/gates-foundation-plots-ways-of-profiting-from-africas-seed-systems/


“DOOMSDAY SEED VAULT" IN THE ARCTIC - GATES FOUNDATION AND BIOTECH SEED CARTEL  | Global Research http://www.globalresearch.ca/doomsday-seed-vault-in-the-arctic/23503


- ▶ MONSANTO AND GATES FOUNDATION HAVE MAJOR CONTROL OVER WORLD'S LARGEST SEED BANK IN NORWAY http://current.com/technology/93147558_monsanto-and-gates-foundation-have-major-control-over-large-seed-bank-in-norway.htm


Al Jazeera English, February 08, 2012
- ▶  THE SEED EMERGENCY:  AGRA: THE THREAT TO FOOD AND DEMOCRACY:
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - being pushed by the Gates Foundation - is a major assault on Africa's seed sovereignty. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201224152439941847.html


▶ AFRICAN AGRICULTURE: AGRA "ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA" IS A MAJOR ASSAULT ON SEED SOVEREIGNTY http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201224152439941847.html


GRAIN — January 21, 2015
AFRICA: LAND AND SEED LAWS UNDER ATTACK:  WHO IS PUSHING CHANGES IN AFRICA? World Bank, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Group of 8 wealthiest countries (G8), Bill Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) and others.

http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5121-land-and-seed-laws-under-attack-who-is-pushing-changes-in-africa


                              OWNING THE SEEDS OF LIFE

                 SEED PATENT AND CONTROL OF YOUR FOOD

                          THE GLOBAL CORPORATE MONOPOLY

                                         http://sco.lt/6FiLkv


Humanosphere, March 24, 2015
 ▶ ACTIVISTS PROTEST GATES FOUNDATION PLAN FOR AFRICAN FARMERS http://www.humanosphere.org/basics/2015/03/activists-protest-gates-foundation-plan-for-african-farmers/


                                                VIDEO 1:59:49
HOW IS GATES FOUNDATION RELATED TO US CORPORATIONS TRYING TO INFLUENCE AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztQKRmsnlRE&feature=youtu.be#t=12m39s


Common Dreams, November 22, 2012

 ▶ GATES AS A TROJAN HORSE FOR BIOTECH CARTEL: POURS MILLIONS INTO GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/15


Farm Wars, October 27, 2010
  - ▶ AFRICA, CHOCOLATE, BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED LAND GRAB http://farmwars.info/?p=4470


                                                     WATCH:

                                     THE KAMBURU STORY - KENYA

WHY WE DON'T NEED BILL GATES AND AGRA BIG INDUSTRIAL GMO AGRICULTURE http://vimeo.com/7096771


                                               FULL REPORT

                                     GRAIN, November 04, 2014
HOW DOES THE GATES FOUNDATION SPEND IT MONEY TO "FEED THE WORLD" >  http://www.grain.org/article/entries/5064-how-does-the-gates-foundation-spend-its-money-to-feed-the-worldV


                              FOOD AID FOR THE 21st CENTURY

MEETING THE OBJECTIVE OR FEEDING THE POWERFUL BIG AG BIOTECH CHEMICAL CARTEL? http://sco.lt/6bJSgD


Common Dream, September 24, 2012

▶  GATES FOUNDATION-LED "GREEN" REVOLUTION PROMOTES FALSE SOLUTIONS TO HUNGER IN AFRICA http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/09/25-0


                                                     WATCH

                                         BBC VIDEO REPORT

            A BILLION GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF GMO FARMING

                                               Vandana Shiva

http://www.sott.net/article/260505-A-billion-go-hungry-because-of-GMO-farming-Vandana-Shiva


August 8, 2013 Tech Rights
 - ▶ GATES FOUNDATION EXPANDS TO AFRICA TO PROFIT FROM WORLD'S POOREST http://techrights.org/2013/08/08/occupying-africa/


                                                 WATCH 8:36

                   THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION

                                                Vandana Shiva

http://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/interviews/mythology-green-revolution


Mother Jones, January 10, 2014
HOW BILL GATES IS HELPING KFC AND FAST FOOD TAKE OVER AFRICA http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/01/kfc-africa-chicken-usaid-gates-foundation


▶  BILL GATES' EXCELLENT AFRICAN ADVENTURE:  A TALE OF TECHNOCRATIC AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PHILANTHROCAPITALISM  http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchPage.aspx?pageId=459


- ▶ GATES FOUNDATION SHOULD STEP AWAY FROM FUNDING GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN AFRICA | Opinion | The Seattle Times http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2019592191_fentbereanoopedxml.html


African Centre for Biosafety, November 18, 2013
- ▶ A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA (AGRA) - 2013 REPORT GIVING WITH ONE HAND, TAKING WITH TWO http://www.acbio.org.za/


June 25, 2013 G8, 

- ▶ BILL GATES, G8 URGES AFRICA TO INVEST MORE IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED FARMING, GENE ALTERED NUTRITION http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=56343


Ganaderia Mexico
▶  BILL GATES DEFENDS FOCUS ON HIGH-TECH AGRICULTURE AND HIS INVESTMENT IN GENETICALLY ENGINEERED AG http://ganaderiamexico.blogspot.com/2012/03/bill-gates-defends-focus-on-high-tech.html


Nation of Change, November 18, 2013

 - ▶ FAILED MONSANTO GMO CORN PUSHED ON AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH HELP OF BILL GATES http://www.nationofchange.org/failed-monsanto-gmo-corn-pushed-african-countries-help-bill-gates-1384784532


Food Democracy Now, September 05, 2015
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BILL GATES FOUNDATION GIVES MILLIONS TO TOP UNIVERSITY TO ADD A "STRONGER VOICE" TO PRO-GMO DEBATE

http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/blog/2014/sep/5


- ▶ STANFORD'S MONSANTO / GATES TIES CAST DOUBT ON ORGANIC FOOD STUDY http://ow.ly/dA8s7



-▶ THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT ON HUMANITY MUST STOP: BILL GATES FUNDS RISKY, UNTESETED, UNREGULATED GMO BANANAS AND RICE  http://sco.lt/6us4Zt


March 21, 2013 -

 - ▶ NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE EATING FERTILIZER - GATES FOUNDATION, AGAIN. Super gene-altered maize can put "sustainable" food on the table says Gates Foundation http://mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-events/news-item/artikel/super-maize-can-put-sustainable-food-on-the-table/


BILL GATES, MONSANTO AND EUGENICS

How One of the World's Wealthiest Men is Actively Promoting a Corporate Takeover of Global Health, Agriculture and Education http://sco.lt/51EymH


 - ▶ AFRICA - FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ON THE GATES FOUNDATION http://www.eraction.org/news/436-gates-foundation-led-green-revolution-promotes-false-solutions-to-hunger-in-africa-


                               SPECIAL ISSUE:  PAMBAZUKA NEWS

                            GMOs, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AFRICA

                                      http://www.pambazuka.org/en/


The Ecologist, March 26, 2015
 - ▶ 'ALTERED GENES, TWISTED TRUTH' : JANE GOODALL ON THE GREAT GMO DECEPTION http://www.theecologist.org/reviews/2782286/altered_genes_twisted_truth.html



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                                             AFRICA - SOLD:

 - ▶ OBAMA PUTS BIG 6 BIOTECH CHEMICAL GMO GIANT IN CHARGE OF "ENDING HUNGER" IN AFRICA  |http://sco.lt/90woVd


July 3, 2013 World Development Movement
 - ▶ AFRICAN GROUPS REJECT G8 CORPORATE FOOD PLAN AS 'COLONIALISM' http://www.wdm.org.uk/multinational-corporations/african-groups-reject-g8-corporate-food-plan-%E2%80%98colonialism%E2%80%99


                        AFRICA G8 - FOOD SECURITY FOR WHOM?

          CORPORATE PROFITS vs SMALLHOLDER FARMER INTERESTS

                                        http://sco.lt/8JKbIn


- ▶ THE CORPORATE 'PHILANTHROCAPITALISTS' TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY http://sco.lt/6CHP3R


- ▶ THE CORPORATE BIOTECH TAKEOVER OF AFRICAN AND GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY  http://sco.lt/5cAkpF


GRAIN, August 21, 2013
▶  AFRICA'S FOOD SOVEREIGNTY UNDER ATTACK BY CORPORATE INTERESTS (AGRA)  http://www.grain.org/bulletin_board/entries/4773-africa-s-food-sovereignty-under-attack-by-corporate-interests


African Centre for Biosafety, June 03, 3013

▶ MODERNISING AFRICAN AGRICULTURE:  WHO BENEFITS. Civil society statement on the G8, AGRA and the African Union's CAADP  http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/publications/seedfood-sovereignty/431-modernising-african-agriculture-who-benefits-civil-society-statement-on-the-g8-agra-and-the-african-unions-caadp


-▶ FROM GROWING PROFIT TO GROWING FOOD:  CHALLENGING CORPORATE RULE  http://sco.lt/7Dg37p


- ▶ AFRICA: OPPOSITION TO BIOTECH GIANT MONSANTO GROWING WORLDWIDE, NEW REPORT SHOWS http://sco.lt/6FqCFl


-▶ U.S. GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY BACKS AND PROMOTES MONSANTO'S THRUST FOR WORLD DOMINANCE OF GMO GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/8RhvPt


June 28, 2013 Nation Of Change
 - ▶ COMMERCIAL COLONISATION OF AFRICA: Driven overwhelmingly by self-interest and profit, the current crop of "investors" differ little from their colonial ancestors. http://www.nationofchange.org/commercial-colonisation-africa-1372434364


                         WHEN WALL STREET WENT TO AFRICA

                                       http://sco.lt/7mo3wf


DO WE REALLY NEED CORPORATE 'CLIMATE-SMART' AGRICULTURE GREENWASH?  - AGRA http://sco.lt/7GeSET


Motley Fool, March 05, 2014

 -▶ GMOs AND ECOCIDE:  RENOWNED EXPERT SAYS GMOs POSE MORE RISK THAN WE THINK. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have the ability to cause "an irreversible termination of life at some scale, which could be the planet." says Nassim Taleb, distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York University http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/03/05/renowned-expert-gmos-pose-more-risk-than-we-think.aspx


                                           BAN GMOs NOW

                        A Special Institute of Science in Society 

                                              http://sco.lt/5CPilt

pdjmoo's insight:

(The Planet Needs To Be Returned to It's Natural Balance and Wellbeing, restoring biodiversity and health to our soil and food which Genetically Engineered Food Destroys with all it's attending pesticides, chemicals, artificial fertilizers and forcing GMO onto the world's population without disclosure, regulation, oversight or appropriate independent peer reviewed research)

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For Farmers Everywhere, Small is (Still) Beautiful

For Farmers Everywhere, Small is (Still) Beautiful | YOUR FOOD, YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR HEALTH: #Biotech #GMOs #Pesticides #Chemicals #FactoryFarms #CAFOs #BigFood | Scoop.it
Whether you’re worried about hunger, social crises, or climate change, the solution is the same: small-scale farming.

 

There is battle raging across the world over who can better feed its people: small-scale farmers practicing sustainable agriculture, or giant agribusinesses using chemical fertilizers and pesticide

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Incestuous Relationships: The US agribusinesses, food corporations and regulatory bodies - VIDEO

Incestuous Relationships: The US agribusinesses, food corporations and regulatory bodies - VIDEO | YOUR FOOD, YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR HEALTH: #Biotech #GMOs #Pesticides #Chemicals #FactoryFarms #CAFOs #BigFood | Scoop.it
As New York bans large sugary drinks in trying to reduce obesity rates we ask if the move should be extended nationwide.

 

18 September 2012 - Al Jazeera - Inside Story Americas

 The powerful food lobby – made up of more than 50 food and beverage groups – has spent more than $175m lobbying since Barack Obama, the US president, took office in 2009.

One of its principal targets is to prevent a California law coming into force that would force labeling on products made with genetically-modified organisms, or GMOs. That is despite concerns over the safety of GMO products....

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2012/09/201291881415461970.html

 

CORPORATIONS RULE:

September 6, 2013 Huffington Post Green
EPA QUIETLY WITHDRAWS TWO KEY PROPOSED CHEMICAL SAFETY RULES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/epa-chemical-

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Local Food and The Farm Bill: Small Investments, Big Returns

Local Food and The Farm Bill: Small Investments, Big Returns | YOUR FOOD, YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR HEALTH: #Biotech #GMOs #Pesticides #Chemicals #FactoryFarms #CAFOs #BigFood | Scoop.it
For too long, funding provided by the United States’ most far-reaching food and farm legislation has primarily benefited agri-business and large scale...
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