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edited by Anuradha Mittal with Melissa Moore
AFRICAN FARMERS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST A NEW GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA
VOICES FROM AFRICA
VOICES FROM AFRICAAFRICAN FARMERS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST A NEW GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA
edited by Anuradha Mittal with Melissa Moore
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE:Promoting Genetic Engineering in Africa: Who Stands to Benefit?
Africa’s Wealth of Seed Diversity and Farmer Knowledge Under Threat from the Gates/Rockefeller “Green Revolution” Initiative
GMOs Do Not Address the Needs or Concerns of African Farmers
The New Green Revolution in Africa: A Trojan Horse for GMOs
AGRA—A Blunt Philanthropic Arrow
PART TWO:
Twisting Arms: Efforts to Convert Africa to GE Meet with Civil Society and Farmer Resistance
Is Africa Being Bullied into Growing GM Crops?
The Introduction of Genetically Modified Crops in Africa
African Food Sovereignty or AGRA?
Thika Declaration on GMOs
Editorial: How Safe are GM Foods?
Statement by Civil Society on Biotech ECOWAS Conference
PART THREE: Turning the Tide Against GE in Africa
Are New Technologies an Answer to the Needs of Small-Scale Farmers?
What Kind of Aid Does Africa Need? Not Dumping of Food or Industrial Agriculture
Twelve Reasons for Africa to Reject GM Crops
Hands Off Our Food!
African Communities Must Have the Right to Reject GMOs
Resources
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Conveying a False Sense of Need
AGRA: Main Driver for a New Green Revolution for Africa
Introduction
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AGRA: An African-led Green Revolution?
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Lack of Accountability, Transparency, and Stakeholder Involvement
We have engaged a broad group of internal and external advisors as part of our strategy development process
List of reviewers
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‘Land Mobility’: AGRA’s Goal and Vision of Success
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Business as Usual
AGRA Ignores Structural Causes of Agricultural Productivity Decline and Hunger & Poverty in Africa
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Market Access Equals the Pathway Out of Poverty?
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African Opposition Sources
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A Statement by Friends of the Earth—Africa at the Annual General Meeting held at Accra, Ghana, 7-11 July 2008
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Part One: Promoting Genetic Engineering in Africa: Who Stands to Benefit?
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Africa’s Wealth of Seed Diversity and Farmer Knowledge Under Threat from the Gates/Rockefeller “Green Revolution” Initiative
VOICES FROM AFRICA
GMOs Do Not Address the Needs or Concerns of African Farmers
VOICES FROM AFRICA
VOICES FROM AFRICA
The New Green Revolution for Africa
The New Green Revolution in Africa: A Trojan Horse for GMOs
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Alliance For a Green Revolution in Africa
Monsanto’s Seed of Hope Campaign
VOICES FROM AFRICA
GM Cotton in the Makhathini Flats: Exacerbating a Flawed Development Paradigm
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GM Cassava Fails in Africa
AGRA – A Blunt Philanthropic Arrow
VOICES FROM AFRICA
VOICES FROM AFRICA
PART TWO: Twisting Arms: Efforts to Convert Africa to GE Meet with Civil Society and Farmer Resistance
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Is Africa Being Bullied into Growing GM Crops?
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Promoting A 21st Century African Green Revolution
The Introduction of Genetically Modified Crops in Africa
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Solving Hunger Through GM Food Aid
Alternatives to GM Food Aid
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Continued Pressure from the Donor Countries
The Push for GM Crops and Bt Cotton in Western Africa
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The Way Forward
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African Food Sovereignty or AGRA
VOICES FROM AFRICA
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Thika Declaration on GMOs
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Editorial: How Safe are GM Foods?
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Statement by Civil Society on Biotech ECOWAS Conference
We Denounce and We Reject:
We Demand:
Signed:
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Part Three: Turning the Tide Against GE in Africa
VOICES FROM AFRICA
Are New Technologies an Answer to the Needs of Small-Scale Farmers?
VOICES FROM AFRICA
VOICES FROM AFRICA
What Kind of Aid Does Africa Need? Not Dumping of Food or Industrial Agriculture
VOICES FROM AFRICA
VOICES FROM AFRICA
GM Crops will Contaminate Non-GM Crops—Coexistence is Not Possible
GM Crops Will Foster Dependence on a Corporate Seed Supply
GM Crops will Usher in So-Called Terminator and Traitor Technologies
Twelve Reasons for Africa to Reject GM Crops
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GM Crops Will Increase the Use of Chemicals
GM Crops are Patented
GM Crops Favor Industrial Agriculture Systems
GM Crops Threaten Organic and Sustainable Farming
The Biosafety Systems Required are Unrealistic for African Countries
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GM Crops will Not Reduce Hunger in Africa
GM Crops Will Not Resolve Problems with Pests
GM Crops Will Encourage the Arbitrary Destruction of Biodiversity
GM Crops Are a Threat to Human Health
What Is To Be Done?
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Hands Off Our Food!
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The participants recommend that:
African Communities Must Have the Right to Reject GMOs
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Resources
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