Food security discourse remains in strong support of development and food aid, which has almost certainly undermined the stability of local agricultural markets in Africa
About half of South Africa’s maize crop and 100% of the soya crop is genetically modified — it’s grown with the use of glyphosate. But Bayer South Africa disagrees that it causes cancer
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After the second cancer victim on Wednesday won a payout victory against Monsanto over the weedkiller, a number of restrictions have been placed on it
Protesters rallied in dozens of cities on Saturday as part of a protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces.
The notorious agriculture company is walking a tightrope over evolution’s fiery maw with its practice of monoculture.
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/ 18 February 2011
Small NGO takes on giant multinational over its attempts to control SA seed market
A judge has banned the planting of genetically modified sugar beets engineered by Monsanto in a ruling that marks a setback for the biotech giant.
The Constitutional Court has ordered the state to pay legal costs incurred by environmental watchdog, the Biowatch Trust.
The highest and oldest wall is that which separates ”us” from ”them”. This is described today as a great divide of religions or ”a clash of civilisations”, which are false concepts, propagated to provide ”the other” — a target for fear and hatred that justifies invasion and plunder, writes John Pilger.