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Cottoning onto the lie: GM cotton will harm not help small farmers in Africa
Cottoning onto the lie
After 5 seasons of genetically modified (GM) cotton cultivation in Burkina Faso farmers are denouncing their contracts with Monsanto and cotton stakeholders are discussing compensation for losses incurred since 2008 due to low yields and low quality fibre. Many other African governments are poised to follow suit but should note how GM cotton has impoverished smallholders in South Africa and Burkina Faso as well as heed the fierce opposition on the continent toward accepting it.
- African Centre for Biodiversity: Cottoning onto the lie: GM cotton will harm not help small farmers in Africa
- African Centre for Biodiversity: Cottoning on to the lie: The introduction of genetically modified cotton in Africa will harm, not help, smallholder farmers
- GMO-FREE EUROPE: African agriculture under threat: GM crops in the wider context
