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The working document for this fall’s Synod of Bishops for Africa called for a united effort among Catholics to help end the rampant injustices fueling conflicts on the continent and to usher in an era of peace. [...] It also strongly warned against thinking genetically modified crops would solve Africa’s food crises. Using GM crops risks ”ruining small landholders, abolishing traditional methods of seeding and making farmers dependent on the production companies” selling their genetically modified seeds, it said.
2009-03-20 | permalink
The working document for this fall’s Synod of Bishops for Africa called for a united effort among Catholics to help end the rampant injustices fueling conflicts on the continent and to usher in an era of peace. [...] It also strongly warned against thinking genetically modified crops would solve Africa’s food crises. Using GM crops risks ”ruining small landholders, abolishing traditional methods of seeding and making farmers dependent on the production companies” selling their genetically modified seeds, it said.
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