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September 2006

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29.09.2006 A new report by the UN says that India has enough food to feed its population of one billion though hunger and food insecurity have increased since the mid-1990s.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Agriculture] [Poverty]
28.09.2006 Agrobio México es una "asociación civil" cuyos miembros son las trasnacionales Monsanto, Syngenta, Dupont, Bayer y Dow. Son las mismas que controlan los cultivos transgénicos en el mundo. Solamente Monsanto controla 88 por ciento.
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From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información
Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [Agriculture] [Environment]
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16.09.2006 Dirigentes de ONGs, productores agrícolas y funcionarios de entes estatales, coincidieron en que éste es un importante paso hacia el desarrollo de un nuevo modelo de producción, ambientalmente sustentable y beneficiosa para la salud de los consumidores.
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From: Informa-tico
Related topics/regions: [Costa Rica] [Agriculture] [Civil society]
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13.09.2006 Organizaciones campesinas y sociales, científicos y ambientalistas dieron el Grito de Independencia genética de México rechazando la experimentación con maíz transgénico que buscan realizar empresas transnacionales en el país.
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From: Acción por la Biodiversidad
Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [Agriculture] [Civil society]
12.09.2006 El Programa Mercosur Social Solidario (PMSS) realizará los días 12, 13 y 14 de septiembre, en Río de Janeiro, el seminario temático "Derecho Humano a la Alimentación".
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related topics/regions: [South America] [Development] [Agriculture]
Semi di mais transgenico - da Greenpeace
08.09.2006 Latin American authorities’ failure to label genetically-modified products does not only violate consumers’ rights, but also their freedom to choose.
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From: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press
Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Agriculture]
Image: Semi di mais transgenico - da Greenpeace
Semi di mais transgenico - da Greenpeace
08.09.2006 La negativa de la mayoría de gobiernos latinoamericanos a establecer que se indique en las etiquetas si un producto es transgénico, no sólo viola el derecho de los consumidores a estar informados, sino también su libertad de elegir.
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From: Noticias Aliadas / Latinamerica Press
Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Agriculture] [Law]
Image: Semi di mais transgenico - da Greenpeace
06.09.2006 Los parlamentarios reconocieron el papel que desempeñaron los grupos organizados de productores orgánicos para que esta ley fuera aprobada. “Esta ley es fruto de los agricultores” coincidieron las diputadas y diputados que hicieron uso de la palabra.
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From: Movimiento de Agricultura Orgánica Costarricense (MAOCO)
Related topics/regions: [Costa Rica] [Agriculture] [Land]
06.09.2006 Greenpeace International released findings that show illegal GE (genetically engineered) rice from China has contaminated food products in France, Germany and the UK. Greenpeace has notified authorities that the illegal GE rice poses serious health risks and calls upon European governments to take immediate action to protect consumers.
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Related topics/regions: [Western Europe] [Agriculture] [Genetics] [Health]
05.09.2006 Sadat ihmiset ovat menehtyneet ja kymmenettuhannet menettäneet kotinsa Etiopiaa pyyhkivissä tulvissa. Afrikan sarven kuivuuskriisiä ovat seuranneet kuukausia kestäneet rankkasateet. Joet ovat tulvineet alankoalueilla. Etiopian pohjoisosissa sijaitseva Amharan alue on yksi pahiten kärsineistä. Arviolta 200 000 ihmistä kärsii sateista, joiden arvioidaan kestävän vielä viikkoja. Tilanne voi huonontua entisestään.
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From: Suomen UNICEF-yhdistys
Related topics/regions: [East Africa] [Development] [Children] [Emergency relief] [International cooperation] [Water/sanitation] [Environment] [Disease] [Infant mortality] [Nutrition/malnutrition]
04.09.2006 Children starving to death in Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh, India evidnece of continuing and the Sahariyas, one of the poorest tribal communities in region are mostly victams of this deprivation, reprot the Frontline.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [MDGs]
01.09.2006
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The Plan must have a goal of providing food security to all Indians. The public distribution system must be strengthened and made universal.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Poverty] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [MDGs]

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