Monsanto Pushes GM Wheat in Africa

MONSANTO PUSHES GM WHEAT THROUGH BIOSAFETY CRACKS TO SECURE FUTURE ACCESS TO LUCRATIVE AFRICAN MARKETS Introduction On the 19th January 2004, Monsanto SA (Pty) (“Monsanto) Ltd stunned South Africans when it announced that it was se […]

GE Wheat Dumping in Africa

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIOSAFETY January 20, 2004 AFRICA: DUMPING GROUND FOR REJECTED GE WHEAT As Monsanto Corporation battles declining profits, worldwide rejection of its genetically e […]

UK GM Maize Trials Come Under Fire

Hawaiians Warned Against GM Papaya

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS Hawaiians warn against GM papaya Species’ introduction may hit native strain By Kultida Samabuddhi (http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/04Jul2003_news26.html) Hawaiian farmers yesterday warned […]

Flaws in RR soybean safety assessment

Traditional Wheat Breeder Wins Struggle

Source: Nature 423, 790 (19 June 2003) Traditional wheat breeder fights for funding by Rex Dalton [SAN DIEGO] A prominent wheat breeder at a major US public university has narrowly retained funding for his work, after fighting of […]

GM Wheat Faces Lukewarm Market

Monsanto GMO wheat far from winning market okay Reuters, by Carey Gillam May 30, 2003 KANSAS CITY, Mo – A genetically modified wheat strain under development by Monsanto Co. (MON.N) remains a significant threat to the worldwide grain […]

Monsanto’s monopoly on GE soybeans upheld

News Release Wednesday, May 7th 2003 www.etcgroup.org Europe’s (and the World’s) Big Soy Berger: Patently Wrong! After delays, denial, and double standards, Monsanto maintains unjust monopoly on major food crop. Time to talk t […]

Bt cotton in India: Barking up the wrong tree

1. Agriculture: What ails Bt cotton? Chennai, March (Debashis Banerji*) — The claim of the genetic engineering industry to precision, predictability and safety is not backed by its own experiences or by the science of genetics. […]

How GM Soya is Damaging to Argentina

Why Argentina can’t feed itself – how GM soya is destroying livelihoods and the environment in Argentina By Sue Branford, The Ecologist, Vol. 32 No. 8, October 2002 ‘Our brief history of submission to the world bio-technology gian […]