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Farming in Iraq - Seed Rules

Mike

Well-known member
CORPORATE CONTROL

The new law is presented as being necessary to ensure the supply of good quality seeds in Iraq and to facilitate Iraq's accession to the WTO [5]. What it will actually do is facilitate the penetration of Iraqi agriculture by the likes of Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer and Dow Chemical - the corporate giants that control seed trade across the globe. Eliminating competition from farmers is a prerequisite for these companies to open up operations in Iraq, which the new law has achieved. Taking over the first step in the food chain is their next move.

Some might find this interesting:

http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=6
 

don

Well-known member
i read about this a couple of years ago. the question is how do they get this control in the beef industry. obviously they have taken a big step with concentration of processing but my bet is the next step will be patented genetics that first earn a premium, then become the norm and everything else is discounted. a couple generations of cattle would hand over a lot of producer control (and eventually equity) to the big guys.
 
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