The bulletin board is a place where GRAIN staff and others post their comments, suggestions, hints and assessments of documents, places or events. Or just share information that we think is interesting.
Pierre Sultana | 29 April 2012 | seeds & biodiversity, actions | EU
The European Commission (DG SANCO) is presently working on a review of EU legislation on the Marketing of Seed and Propagating Material. Arche Noah invites you to join an open letter demanding positive change in favour of biodiversity, small farmers, seed savers and consumers.
GRAIN | 10 January 2012 | seeds & biodiversity, laws & policies
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Dr. Erna Bennett on 3 January 2011 at her home in Scotland. Erna was a world-renown geneticist, and a tireless fighter against the corporate take over of peasants' seeds. We would like to share with you an article that she wrote for us 10 years ago.
STOP Monsanto in Nepal | 10 January 2012 | seeds & biodiversity, actions | Nepal
On September 13th the US embassy announced USAID, Monsanto and the Government of Nepal were forming a partnership to promote hybrid maize in Nepal. A campaign has been launched to stop the introduction of Monsanto's hybrid maize in Nepal and promote local seeds.
Nidhi Tandon | 15 November 2011 | technologies, seeds & biodiversity | United States
Thanks to the US’s 2009 Global Food Security Act, food aid policy for the first time mandates the use of genetic modification technologies. Nidhi Tandon looks at how this legislation helps biotechnology companies monopolise the seed industry at the expense of farmers, and explores some of the dubious links between these corporations, the Gates Foundation and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.
Good update and overview article
05 October 2011 | seeds & biodiversity, actions
The next Let’s Liberate Diversity forum will take place in the Scottish Highlands from 9-11 March 2012.
Pamela Sepulveda | 18 July 2011 | seeds & biodiversity | Chile
Chile recently ratified a treaty that could threaten biodiversity and endanger the rights of small farmers, critics say.
BEDE/RSP | 12 July 2011 | seeds & biodiversity
A new dossier for debate published by BEDE (Biodiversity Exchange and Diffusion of Experiences) and RSP (the French Peasant Seeds Network)
19 May 2011 | seeds & biodiversity
The European Union is reviewing its seed marketing legislation. What does it mean? Who will benefit?
08 March 2011 | food crisis, seeds & biodiversity, food sovereignty
According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. He's right. Read his study.
24 September 2010 | corporations, seeds & biodiversity, food sovereignty
An interesting proposal by Jack Kloppenburg to defend seeds learning from the open source software movement