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resisting gmosGenetically modified organisms (GMOs) are already in our food. GM crops are growing in the fields of several countries around the world - yet we do not know if they are safe. Around the world, Friends of the Earth campaigns to keep GMOs out of our food and our environment. We maintain that the question of hunger is not a question of productive capacity, but rather of the right economics and political will.
ghana and togo: tackling the threat posed by gmos in west africaThe influx of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the West Africa subregion poses a grave and growing threat. Yet Ghana’s domestic national policy is very receptive to US influence, which is strongly pro-GMO. Furthermore, the close and growing political and diplomatic ties between Ghana and Togo extend this pro-GMO influence into Togo. Read more. more news
The Meso American Forum against Agribusiness, El SalvadorThis June the first Forum Against Agribusiness and for the Peoples’ Sovereignty of Meso America, was held in El Salvador over two days. The forum reached the overwhelming conclusion that the capitalist system needs to be dismantled. The Global Week of Action against GM cropsFrom April 12-17 protesters across the European Union took part in a week of action against Genetically Modified (GM) crops in Europe. European Commission gives green light to genetically modified potatoesA decision by Europe's new health and consumer commissioner, John Dalli, to give the go ahead for genetically modified potatoes to be grown in Europe, has been condemned by Friends of the Earth Europe. |
