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In this paper, we critically analyse the African Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) project, a GM 'poster project' in Africa. We dig beneath the veneer of the project being an "African led solution" to poverty and malnutrition on the continent.

17 June 2010 The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) today published a third research paper in its 'Sorghum Series'1titled, 'Th

Author: Edward Hammond About the briefing: The interlocking problems of climate change, emissions from fossil fuels, and limited oil reserves have stimulated interest worldwide in the use of plant crops to produce fuel. Agrofuels are not a new idea.

The 'new' Green Revolution push in Africa is directed squarely at increasing agricultural production as the continent's most fundamental development priority.

Across the world, the use of bilateral trade instruments to prise open markets for genetically modified (GM) crops is escalating. To expand business overseas, the biotech industry needs stronger intellectual property rules and weaker biosafety standards.