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Guardian: Last week we heard that Owen Paterson, the UK's environment minister, is claiming that GM crops are necessary to help address hunger in developing countries, and that it would be immoral for Britain not to help developing countries to take up GM. Millions of small-scale farmers in Africa would disagree. African farmers and civil society have repeatedly rejected GM crops, and asked their governments to ban them.
Paterson does not appear to understand the complex realities and challenges of farming......
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GM crops won’t help African farmers
Posted by Guardian: Million Belay and Ruth Nyambura on June 24th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation