TUG OF WAR OVER LIFE PATENTS by GRAIN | 25 Jun 1998 Seedling - June 1998 Recent international negotiations suggest that some governments are behaving more like industry's handmaidens rather than champions of their people. But people all over the world are making it known that they will not sit back and allow corporate greed to appropriate their livelihoods. Recent international negotiations suggest that some governments are behaving more like industry's handmaidens rather than champions of their people. But people all over the world are making it known that they will not sit back and allow corporate greed to appropriate their livelihoods.
GENETECH PREYS ON THE PADDY FIELD by GRAIN | 20 Jun 1998 Seedling - June 1998 Rice, the showcase of farmer innovation, has so far largely escaped the interests of the corporate sector. But new technologies mean that the world's most important staple could become industrys newest cash cow. Rice, the showcase of farmer innovation, has so far largely escaped the interests of the corporate sector. But new technologies mean that the world's most important staple could become industrys newest cash cow.
NURTURING THE SEED IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES by Tirso Gonzales, Nestor Chambi and Marcela Machaca | 15 Jun 1998 Seedling - June 1998 Although invisible in Western development paradigms, alternative cosmovisions are the frameworks within which the richness of agricultural biodiversity has largely been created. Although invisible in Western development paradigms, alternative cosmovisions are the frameworks within which the richness of agricultural biodiversity has largely been created.