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Millions Against Monsanto Campaign - Organic Consumers Association
GE crops have cost American taxpayers $12 billion in farm subsidies in the past three years. "Within a few years of the introduction of GM crops ... Giants Tighten Control Over Global Seed Stocks 8/30 - Monsanto Threatens Critic of Industrial Agriculture & Cotton Subsidies 8/29 - Debunking Farm Bureau & Monsanto's Propaganda About GE Alfalfa 8/24 - Monsanto-Sponsored ...
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EJF: Why We Need to Clean Up Cotton
Water and Cotton Subsidies and Cotton Up to 99% of the world's cotton farmers live and work in the developing world where cotton is a smallholder crop grown by the rural poor. Cotton accounts ... in the south. Learn more about Subsidies and Cotton READ MORE Why We Need To Clean Up Cotton Organic Cotton Meeting of Round-table on Sustainable Cotton Cotton in Uzbekistan Poverty in Uzbekistan Human ...
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EJF: Subsidies and Cotton
US subsidies have been labelled as the main cause of the decline in cotton prices and a withdrawal of US cotton subsidies could have a huge impact on livelihoods in developing countries with a high reliance on cotton production. In 2003, the issue of subsidies was ...
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Picking Cotton Carefully
I asked Katherine Hamnett what else could be done. “I would like to see a ban on cotton from Uzbekistan, cotton should be organic, and the cotton subsidies in USA, EU, and China should be stopped,” she said, “It’s not about choosing something else, it’s about choosing the right cotton ...
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ACTION ALERT: Support Family Farms & the Environment Stop Taxpayer Handouts to Mega-Farms
African cotton-producing countries, where more than 10 million people depend directly on the crop. In 2002, the U.S. government handed out $3.4 billion in total cotton subsidies, primarily ... domestic product (GDP) of Benin, Burkina Faso or Chad, the main cotton-producing countries in the region. Excessive U.S. cotton subsidies lead to overproduction and low prices, resulting in the biggest ...
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Put farm subsidies out to pasture
By undermining the nation's trade negotiations, subsidies raise consumer prices and restrict US exports. Cotton subsidies undercut African farmers, keeping them in desperate poverty. And as Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma," has written, farm subsidies ...
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Say No To GMOs! - January 2006c
American cotton subsidies are driving them out of business. A report by Oxfam argues that the US cotton subsidies cost most west African cotton ... cotton prices in the 1990s, and have complained that the American cotton subsidies are driving them out of business. A report by Oxfam argues that the US cotton subsidies cost most west African cotton ...
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US Congress Cuts Cotton Subsidy, Bows to WTO Pressure
American cotton farmers distorted the global market. The subsidies included incentives to buy cotton from domestic farmers. Aid agencies said the system was particularly damaging to cotton- ... cotton from domestic farmers. The Bush administration has already scrapped two credit programmes for the farmers, to comply with the WTO decision. BBC Americas editor Simon Watts says US cotton subsidies ...
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EnviroZine - Frequently Asked Questions
I find information on water usage? Issue 51 February 10, 2005 Are there any subsidies or rebates for a household that installs solar panels? Issue 50 January 13, 2005 Why ... effects of weather on human behaviour? Issue 07 May 1, 2001 How long does a cotton t-shirt take to decompose in a landfill? Issue 06 April 2, 2001 What is ...
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Indias Bt Cotton Fraud
India through issues such as seed-saving, patents, farmer suicides, depopulation of rural areas, subsidies, free trade and the debt trap. http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/features/vaisakhi. ... commercial cultivation in the 2005 season in central India, and three more transgenic cotton varieties, including a VIP cotton from Syngenta, were approved for large-scale field trials in northern India. ...
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