martes, 13 de junio de 2017

Tanzania Forced To Embrace Seed Patents Or Risk Losing Aid

Tanzania Forced To Embrace Seed Patents Or Risk Losing Aid

 A “development assistance” initiative launched five years ago by the G8,
an inter-governmental political forum of the world’s most
industrialized nations that consider
themselves democracies, is holding Tanzania hostage to the benefit of
agribusinesses like Monsanto and the detriment of small-scale Tanzanian
farmers.

 A woman works a field near the Tanzanian town of Arusha. (AP/Karel Prinsloo)

A woman works a field near the Tanzanian town of Arusha. (AP/Karel Prinsloo)