Food Aid: Who is getting fed by GRAIN | 24 Apr 2003 Seedling - April 2003 In the last year, the UN’s World Food Programme has twice launched what it has described as the “largest humanitarian operation in history” – first in Southern Africa, and in recent weeks in Iraq. But how helpful have these interventions been and are they really reaching the people who need them? More than ever, the food aid agenda is being driven by the interests of donors rather than recipients. The issue of genetically modified food aid is now also being used by the US, the world’s largest food aid donor, to manipulate the agenda. In the last year, the UN’s World Food Programme has twice launched what it has described as the “largest humanitarian operation in history” – first in Southern Africa, and in recent weeks in Iraq. But how helpful have these interventions been and are they really reaching the people who need them? More than ever, the food aid agenda is being driven by the interests of donors rather than recipients. The issue of genetically modified food aid is now also being used by the US, the world’s largest food aid donor, to manipulate the agenda.
with David Quist - The Mexican Maize scandal by GRAIN | 22 Apr 2003 Seedling - April 2003 David Quist was one of the authors of the first study to report the contamination of one of the centres of genetic diversity with genetically modified (GM) crops. The paper erupted into what has become known as the Mexican maize scandal'. Here GRAIN talks to Quist about the aftermath of the volcano and the implications for farmers, scientists and consumers. David Quist was one of the authors of the first study to report the contamination of one of the centres of genetic diversity with genetically modified (GM) crops. The paper erupted into what has become known as the Mexican maize scandal'. Here GRAIN talks to Quist about the aftermath of the volcano and the implications for farmers, scientists and consumers.
Cupuaçu - a case of amazonian self-assertion by Michael Schmidlehner | 18 Apr 2003 Seedling - April 2003
European Parliament Priority Question to the European Commission and the Commission's reply by Caroline Lucas & Pascal Lamy | 17 Apr 2003
Bt Cotton and Small-scale Farmers in Makhathini A Story of Debt, Dependency, and Dicey Economics by Elfrieda Pschorn-Strauss, Biowatch South Africa | 1 Apr 2003