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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
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. Day of action against Monsanto in MexicoTo mark World Food Day on October 16 Otros Mundos (Friends of the Earth Mexico) organised a festival-event in the square Plaza de Mexicanos in San Cristobal, where it provided information on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their effects and it exposed the actions of 'Monsanto' to the public. The People's Food Sovereignty ForumIndigenous people from all over the world gathered at the People's Food Sovereignty Forum, where they discussed the current dire state of world hunger and what to do about it. |
