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GMO Imperialism disguised as humanitarianism
Mukiri
#1 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 2:10:01 AM
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A new initiative has been launched to upscale use of commercialisation of StrigAwayTM – an herbicide-resistant seed and treatment – to improve productivity and competitiveness of smallholder maize farmers.

The initiative funded by the USAID brings together the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation through a programme

With this grant, AATF will scale Funding provided through the award will help AATF and its partners, BASF, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and six local seed companies, promote the technology package in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Proverbs 19:21
D32
#2 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 7:07:22 AM
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How farming was done in past centuries, was that from the past harvest, the farmer saved seed to be planted for the next season, but now, corporates are trying to force populations to purchase their seed. Control is gained by either developing seeds that produce second generation sterile seeds or by developing seeds or plants who's fruit don't have seeds or by putting policies that do not allow farmers preserve seeds from the past harvest, to be used for planting in future seasons.

There's no problem with developing natural, disease resistant seeds, who's future generation seeds can be preserved and planted, without the farmer worrying about things like paying royalties for patented seeds or sterility.

http://www.globalresearc...estroys-farming/5329947

Farmers forced to pay royalties: http://www.ofimagazine.c...nts-for-gm-seeds-upheld

http://www.alt.no-patents-on-seeds.org/

Besides health, the above are the underlying issues or the unseen consequences.

Nature's pulse or cycles in food regeneration and man's freedom and independence cannot be sacrificed for anything.

If someone controls the food, then that someone has controlled the nation, e.g. do xyz or else no seed for you. Managing resource and policy to achieve freedom and independence, is the very thing that will prevent a nation from being under the mercy of another.

Another thing, pollen from the GM variety can infect the organic variety.

Our Gov should tread on this with extreme caution, the future of the nations food's security is at stake.

Gov is quick to make un-calculated decisions, e.g. entering Somalia, while our borders are open, with masses of refugees in the country, while having suburbs like Eastleigh, and knowledge of past attacks. Did they think that Kenya would not get infiltrated?

You cannot fight something that you only have some of it's pieces, because the pieces that you do not have, will fight back with a surprise. Such enemies should be fought ideologically, until sanity enters their minds, this is done by cooking the environment to NOT favour the bad that they are doing, but to engage in education, health, art and economic activities such as craftsmanship, agriculture, services etc... Enemy recruits should be rewarded for defecting, and be given or trained for any productive employment. Sooner or later, the force and structure behind the wickedness will weaken and hopefully disappear, consumed in time.

News article: Government under pressure to lift GMO ban:

http://www.capitalfm.co....essure-to-lift-gmo-ban/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM55UM-TrT4

In the video, the lady says that:
- In Europe, organic farming is 3%
- That importing food is not the best solution, that science and technology should be used (GMO).
- That there is no link between cancer and GMO.
- That some people in Kenya did not eat GMO, yet died of cancer.

Fact is that GMO's are not the only source or cause of cancer.

Why can't science and technology be used for organic farming?

First world countries are the biggest producers and consumers of GMO, (just as she mentioned that organic farming in Europe is less than 3%).

Going to World Cancer Research Fund International for some statistics.

http://www.wcrf.org/canc...cs/cancer_frequency.php

The page has 2012 stats of the top 50 countries of people that were diagnosed with cancer - per 100,000

Stats for men and women.

1 Denmark 338.1
2 France (metropolitan) 324.6
3 Australia 323.0
4 Belgium 321.1
5 Norway 318.3
6 United States of America 318.0
7 Ireland 307.9
8 Korea, Republic of 307.8
9 The Netherlands 304.8
10 New Caledonia 297.9
11 Slovenia 296.3
12 Canada 295.7
13 New Zealand 295.0
14 Czech Republic 293.8
15 Switzerland 287.0
16 Hungary 285.4
17 Iceland 284.3
18 Germany 283.8
19 Israel 283.2
20 Luxembourg 280.3
21 Italy 278.6
22 Slovakia 276.9
23 United Kingdom 272.9
24 Sweden 270.0
25 Serbia 269.7
26 Croatia 266.9
27 Barbados 263.1
28 Armenia 257.0
29 Finland 256.8
30 French Polynesia 255.0
31 Austria 254.1
32 Lithuania 251.9
33 Uruguay 251.0
34 Spain 249.0
35 Latvia 246.8
36 Portugal 246.2
37 France, Martinique 245.0
38 Malta 242.9
39 Estonia 242.8
40 FYR Macedonia 239.3
41 Montenegro 238.3
42 Kazakhstan 236.5
43 Bulgaria 234.8
44 Poland 229.6
45 Romania 224.2
46 Belarus 218.7
47 Cuba 218.0
48 Japan 217.1
49 Argentina 216.7
50 Puerto Rico 211.1

The above stats for both men and women has no African countries, but in the stats for women (found at the bottom of the same page), three African countries make it to the list. Zimbabwe, Kenya and Mauritius, but they are at the bottom of the list of 50.

They are at n.o. 41, 49 & 50.

Question: Why is it the the leading countries in cancer are the cream of the first world countries, but not African countries? Yet Africa is stricken with poverty. Could it be that it's because Africa's diet is primarily organic? While the first world's diets are primarily GMO's?
They tried to bury us, they didn't know we were seeds.
Mukiri
#3 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 7:34:14 AM
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We have our own Push-Pull simple system, that is very effective. Why does the government allow this unnecessary poison into our agriculture? The allure of donor/free money?

Proverbs 19:21
Mukiri
#4 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 7:44:31 AM
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masukuma
#5 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 8:35:00 AM
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So either squirrels can read or GMOs taste 'funny' to them
All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
FundamentAli
#6 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 9:37:08 AM
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I have one big issue with GMO. GMO are all about seedlings. The government has already sold some patents of our maize to foreigners. Monsanto wants to be the sole seed supplier to the world and this is also highlighted in the article on suicides in India. America will control your food production through Monsanto. If you do not dance to their tune, no seedlings will be availed and this will affect our food security. Unless the government and KARI take charge of the whole process, I would not vouch for it.
Muriel
#7 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 9:51:15 AM
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A great fallacy being peddled around is that GMOs will ensure food security.

GMOs are made to withstand more toxic pesticides and herbicides. Withstand more toxic pesticides and herbicides. That's the whole idea.
FundamentAli
#8 Posted : Monday, May 19, 2014 10:01:20 AM
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Another company with such interest is Du Pont which is also American. USAID is an agent of the American Corporate world and especially pharmaceuticals. Nothing like government to government.
Mukiri
#9 Posted : Tuesday, May 20, 2014 11:01:01 PM
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Muriel
#10 Posted : Wednesday, May 21, 2014 8:27:04 AM
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Man is the only living thing that destroys its food before eating it thence eats it a lot hence needing 'healthcare'.

Its sad that many have associated this destruction to 'affluence' and 'enlightenment' and Kofi Annan with his Agra are enslaving millions of peasants in the name of 'food security'.
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