African governments sell out their farmers in secret seeds protection deal

The Ecologist
Jul 9, 2015, 10:16 am65 pts
African governments, ignoring the protests of their farmers and civil society, this week agreed an oppressive 'plant variety protection protocol' that will open up their countries to commercial seed monopolists, while limiting farmers rights to save, use, exchange, replant, improve, distribute and sell the…

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