By admin on Dec 9, 2011 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, DHRRA News, FrankenTech, LSFM-ASEAN, Rural Poverty in SEA | 0 Comments
AsiaDHRRA joined two Seminars organized by the International Poverty Reduction Center of China (IPRCC). The first seminar on “Policies and Practices of Rural Poverty Reduction in China and ASEAN countries” was held in Wuhan City, Hubei Province last October 12-18, 2011. Twenty five (25) participants from 9 ASEAN countries and China. The second seminar on [...]
By admin on May 5, 2011 in Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, FrankenTech, Sustainable Agriculture | 1 Comment
FrankenThursday wants you to study more about GM issues and this journal we got at Eldis is just perfect to arm you with insights and facts about the interplay of GM on the issues of food and farming. A good read most def. Download the PDF here…. Articles included: Diversity in international biosafety regulation: MacKenzie, [...]
By admin on Mar 31, 2011 in Food Security, FrankenTech, News Clippings, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
Stumbled upon this newsbit in time for FrankenThursday at the Cornucopia Institute. Seems like american organic farmers and seed producers have filed a lawsuit against Monsanto to “prohibit the biotechnology giant from suing organic farmers and seed growers if innocently contaminated by roundup ready genes.” NEW York: On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses [...]
By admin on Nov 19, 2010 in FrankenTech | 0 Comments
FrankenThursday’s where it gets a bit freaky. I’m not sure though if i like self-terminating mosquitoes. Surely some even more freaky mosquitoes would evolve from this. Anyways just tellin’ you all that frankenmosquitoes are available now. to. bite. you. Seriously though, why didn’t they just make those mosquitoes averse to human blood or to humans? [...]
By admin on Aug 12, 2010 in Food Security, FrankenTech, News Clippings, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
FrankenThursday brings this worrying article from NPR which says that “A survey of North Dakota has turned up hundreds of genetically modified canola plants growing along roads across the state.” Aint that scary? Apart from safety, health and ecological concerns this has legal ramifications as well, as GMO purveyors like Monsanto has been known to [...]
By admin on Aug 28, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech | 0 Comments
Need to keep abreast of the future terror that is GMOs? FarmFriday wants you to visit GMWatch so you can “Keep up to date with the latest news on the issue of genetically modified (GM) food and crops and find out about the deceptive PR campaigns being used to promote GM worldwide.” “GMWatch is an independent [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jul 30, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, FrankenTech | 0 Comments
FrankenThursday goes back to that underreported tragedy that is the Indian Farmer suicides. Again from Celsias. One of the least-reported tragedies that resulted from globalization and corporatization of agriculture is the farmer suicide story of India – a tragedy comprising several hundred thousand individual tragedies, and possibly the ‘largest wave of suicides in history’. Last [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jul 16, 2009 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, FrankenTech, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
One by one, biotech companies are steadily making GMO versions of our staple foods. We should stop this madness! Ya its FrankenThursday. Eat healthy today ok? From Grain: The looming GM sugar cane invasionOne of the most destructive developments in agriculture over the past two decades has been the boom in soya production in the [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jun 26, 2009 in Agricultural Researches, Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, FrankenTech, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
Nothings more asian than rice. And when some people mess with it we take serious offence right? FrankenThursday‘s out to frighten you with this evil FrankenRice that is sure to make way down your gut unless you heed Greenpeace call to reject it. NOW! Please sign the petition here!!! The GE rice has been developed [...]
By Jet Hermida on Jun 18, 2009 in Agriculture and Globalization, Food Security, FrankenTech, News Clippings | 3 Comments
FrankenThursday brings this anger-inducing news that Monsanto is suing yet another North American farmer for having his own field contaminated with FrankenCanola from another field through no fault of his own. That is just so wow! right? Let this serve as a reminder to Asian farmers to never ever plant any FrankenSeeds nor be near [...]
By Jet Hermida on May 29, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech | 0 Comments
FrankenThursday presents another disturbing news about the continued proliferation of frankenweeds. Susan Mann | Betterfarming.com Essex County soybean grower Leo Guilbeault isn’t surprised University of Guelph researchers found a type of giant ragweed that’s showing resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate. He’s always found giant ragweed tough to kill. “I know even the normal rate [...]
By Jet Hermida on Apr 26, 2009 in Food Security, FrankenTech, News Clippings, Sustainable Agriculture | 0 Comments
In another case of what the h__ll could go wrong, a herbicide and frankenseed resistant “superweed” is fast gaining foothold in Monsanto farmlands. Nature striking back? The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in the land of the converted. A new pest, the evil pigweed, is hitting headlines [...]
