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2009-09-16 | permalink
Farmers in Pakistan protest against Monsanto’s Bt cotton trials
This August, ActionAid Pakistan and thousands of farmers mobilized in a series of rallies across the Sindh and Punjab provinces of southern and central Pakistan to voice their concern about the government’s decision to allow the Agri Food giant, Monsanto, start BT cotton* trials in the country. [...] In Pakistan 77 million people do not have enough to eat. Yet the government is actively offering incentives to Multinational Companies (MNCs) to grow these genetically modified crops which, far from uplifting the rural poor, will have devastating effects on both food security and the environment.
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2009-09-16 | permalink
Farmers in Pakistan protest against Monsanto’s Bt cotton trials
This August, ActionAid Pakistan and thousands of farmers mobilized in a series of rallies across the Sindh and Punjab provinces of southern and central Pakistan to voice their concern about the government’s decision to allow the Agri Food giant, Monsanto, start BT cotton* trials in the country. [...] In Pakistan 77 million people do not have enough to eat. Yet the government is actively offering incentives to Multinational Companies (MNCs) to grow these genetically modified crops which, far from uplifting the rural poor, will have devastating effects on both food security and the environment.
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