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

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Part One: Promoting Genetic Engineering in Africa: Who Stands to Benefit?

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Africa’s Wealth of Seed Diversity and Farmer Knowledge Under Threat from the Gates/Rockefeller “Green Revolution” Initiative

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GMOs Do Not Address the Needs or Concerns of African Farmers

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The New Green Revolution for Africa

The New Green Revolution in Africa: A Trojan Horse for GMOs

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Alliance For a Green Revolution in Africa

Monsanto’s Seed of Hope Campaign

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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

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PART TWO: Twisting Arms: Efforts to Convert Africa to GE Meet with Civil Society and Farmer Resistance

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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

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Thika Declaration on GMOs

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Editorial: How Safe are GM Foods?

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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

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Are New Technologies an Answer to the Needs of Small-Scale Farmers?

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What Kind of Aid Does Africa Need? Not Dumping of Food or Industrial Agriculture

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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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