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2009-02-16 | permalink
Biowatch holds GMO workshops for small-scale farmers in South Africa
A recently concluded initiative tried to ensure this debate reaches a group of people who lack information about GM crops, even though their livelihoods stand to be profoundly affected by the course of biotechnology: small-scale farmers. Organised by Biowatch, a non-governmental group based in Cape Town, the seven-month programme has held three workshops to inform farmers about the implications of cultivating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and to equip them for lobbying policymakers.
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2009-02-16 | permalink
Biowatch holds GMO workshops for small-scale farmers in South Africa
A recently concluded initiative tried to ensure this debate reaches a group of people who lack information about GM crops, even though their livelihoods stand to be profoundly affected by the course of biotechnology: small-scale farmers. Organised by Biowatch, a non-governmental group based in Cape Town, the seven-month programme has held three workshops to inform farmers about the implications of cultivating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and to equip them for lobbying policymakers.
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