By Stephen Greenberg and Oliver Tickell
TRUTHOUT - Tuesday, 31 March 2015
The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been
fired with the Gates Foundation and USAID playing puppet-masters to
Africa's governments - now meeting in Addis Ababa - as they drive
forward corporation-friendly seed regulations that exclude and
marginalize the small farmers whose seeds and labour feed the continent.
A battle is currently being waged over Africa's seed systems. After
decades of neglect and weak investment in African agriculture, there is
renewed interest in funding African agriculture.
These new investments take the form of philanthropic and
international development aid as well as private investment funds. They
are based on the potentially huge profitability of African agriculture -
and seed systems are a key target.
Right now ministers are co-ordinating their next steps at the 34th COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) Intergovernmental Committee meeting that kicked off March 22, in preparation for the main Summit that started yesterday and ends today.
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