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Philippine Farmer to Washington Voters: Your vote on I-522 will impact me

I live almost 7,000 miles away from Seattle, but here in the Philippines I’m keeping close tabs on I-522, the ballot initiative in the state of Washington to require special labels for food with genetically modified ingredients. And many of my fellow Filipino farmers are watching closely with me. We are hopeful that voters in […]

Philippine Farmer to Washington Voters: Your vote on I-522 will impact me

Kenya Must Focus on the Heroes of Food Security

Islamic terrorists murdered more than 60 people and injured more than 200 at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi on September 21—a day that the United Nations has marked as “International Day of Peace” for more than three decades. Al-Shabab, a radical group based in Somalia, immediately claimed credit for the atrocity. Now my countrymen want […]

Trade Policy Issues for the December WTO Ministerial Meeting

Discussions on major regional trade agreements have overshadowed WTO activity in recent month with the Doha Round of comprehensive trade negotiations shunted aside in favor of an early harvest of just a few provisions. Negotiators are racing the clock to complete a ‘mini-package’ of trade concessions for the WTO Ministerial meeting on December 3-6 in […]

Source – EurActiv.com By Marc Hall Date – 7 Nov 2013 Website – www.euractiv.com European ministers will decide whether to approve the cultivation of variety of genetically modified maize, after the European Commission was legally obliged to pass on the 12-year-old request. The EU Commission passed the decision on to the European Council of Ministers […]

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