Save the Seeds Movement

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Below are some links on what can be done against the actions

of the Bush administration (recently posted) concerning the forcing of patent

seeds on the Iraqi

farmers. Please consider joining or donating.

 

" The Struggle Begins for Agricultural Freedom!

There is hope. Resistance to GE multinationals in India, for example, is

growing. In the Tehri Garwhal district of Uttar Pradesh, a small group of

farmers has formed the Save the Seeds Movement and is teaching other small

farmers to hold on to their traditional ecological, self-sustaining farming

methods as well as their seeds. The farmers use intercropping methods,

planting as many as 12 different cereals and legumes in one field, with each

crop protecting the others from pests. This is one small but vital example

of how crops are protected, local people fed, and soil remains pristine and

fertile.(18) Best of all, farmers remain economically independent and can

hold their heads high! In the words of Shiva, " Democratic control of the

food system is the ultimate test of democracy! " (19) "

 

" These laws are called " economic restructuring " implemented by the Bush

Administration in Iraq. Shalini Bhutani, who wrote a report on this issue,

said, " The US has been imposing patents on life around the world through

trade deals. In this case, they invaded the country first, then imposed

their patents. This is both immoral and unacceptable. " The new IP law of US

patents on Iraqi life forms will herald the new industrial-agricultural

system wherein the farmers are totally dependent on transnational

agribusiness corporations for providing input and seeds. The law ignores the

tremendous contribution of Iraqi farmers to the evolution of seed crops like

wheat, barley, date and pulses. Not only does Iraq lose political

sovereignty, they lose their food sovereignty, with the US declaring war on

the Iraqi farmer!(9) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FOA) has been

seen as colluding with GM corporations and offering support for their work.

It is a crying example of the use of GMOs for profit alone, and not for

collective welfare of the people.(10) Here lies the greatest danger of

GMOs. "

 

If you want to read the rest you'll have to hit the link below then go to

feature, then to food.

 

GM Foods - How Little We Know

http://www.proutworld.org/

 

 

 

 

Save the Seeds Movement (contact info in ten countries)

http://www.alliance21.org/caravan/en/3/seeds.htm

 

A few sources of inspiration on biodiversity

T he Nayakrishi Andolan (New Agricultural Movement) of peasants in

Bangladesh strives to promote community knowledge around local plant

resources in an attempt to secure food security. The movement highlights the

importance of wild uncultivated plants, which play a major role in the

survival of poor and marginal population when agricultural productions fail

http://www.alliance21.org/caravan/en/3/pg12.htm

 

 

Sow the seeds of revolution

Today, when the onslaught of globalisation is fought by a multi-million

dollar ngo industry, a non-profit initiative like bba has proved that even

without funds and resources, those on the fringes of society can achieve for

the people an impossible and lost dream.

 

http://tinyurl.com/4r4oa

 

Additional google results:

http://tinyurl.com/5xhc3

 

 

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