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VOICES FROM AFRICA AFRICAN FARMERS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST A NEW GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA edited by Anuradha Mittal with Melissa Moore

VOICES FROM AFRICA AFRICAN FARMERS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST A NEW GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA edited by Anuradha Mittal with Melissa Moore

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Table of Contents Introduction
  PART ONE:


Promoting Genetic Engineering in Africa: Who Stands to Benefit?





Africa’s Wealth of Seed Diversity and Farmer Knowledge Under Threat from the Gates/Rockefeller “Green Revolution” Initiative
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