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Tanzanian farmers are facing heavy prison sentences if they continue their traditional seed exchange | MO*
▻http://www.mo.be/en/analysis/tanzanian-farmers-are-facing-heavy-prison-sentences-if-they-continue-their-tradit
http://www.mo.be/sites/default/files/field/image/Tanzania-Ebe-Daems-Zaden-003.jpg In order to receive development assistance, Tanzania has to give Western agribusiness full freedom and give enclosed protection for patented seeds. “Eighty percent of the seeds are being shared and sold in an informal system between neighbors, friends and family. The new law criminalizes the practice in Tanzania,” says Michael Farrelly of TOAM, an organic farming movement in Tanzania.
#graines #semence #agriculture #accaparement #brevets
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/556500 via nicod_
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Le Salvador abandonne le #RoundUp et connaît des récoltes records
En Amérique centrale, le Salvador a boycotté une cinquantaine de #produits_phytosanitaires à usage agricole, dont le RoundUp pour se recentrer sur le culture de #graines_locales. Depuis, le système agricole du pays aurait gagné en #durabilité et en #productivité.
http://www.consostatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/salvador-monsanto-round-up.gif ▻http://www.consoglobe.com/salvador-roundup-cg
#El_Salvador #agriculture▻http://seenthis.net/messages/491828 via CDB_77
