South Africa’s Agriculture and Research Council (ARC) has announced their intention to apply to the SA government for permission to make GM potatoes commercially available.
28 January 2009
Final Petition anti GM Potatoes
- Farmers’ rights, farmer seed systems under threat by Enhancement of Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing under the ITPGRFA
- South Africa’s plant breeders’ rights laws undermine farmers’ rights to seed and lock out farmer-managed seed systems
- CVAB welcomes Burkina Faso’s decision to terminate “Target Malaria” project
- Historic turning point for South Africa’s Pesticide Policy Framework: Department of Agriculture hosts first-ever inclusive colloquium
- We don’t need genome editing to ensure Africa’s food sovereignty
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