Mexico’s measures to ban GM corn in tortillas or dough are necessary to safeguard the legal rights of Indigenous peoples & aren't a restriction on trade! IATP, Rural Coalition & Alianza Nacional de Campesinas submitted a written position to the #USMCA dispute settlement panel. iatp.org/indigenous-rig…

The USMCA allows for greater civil society engagement in trade disputes that previous trade deals. This is an impressive collection of civil society submissions regarding the U.S. challenge of Mexico's right to limit GM corn.

USMCA corn case submissions iatp.org/usmca-corn-cas…

'Corn holds tremendous cultural, symbolic, & spiritual value for Mexico’s Indigenous peoples. Preserving the integrity & diversity of native corn species is essential to protecting Indigenous rights & cultural heritage.' foodtank.com/news/2024/04/t… Alianza Nacional de Campesinas Rural Coalition

#USMCA has a broad exception that protects measures necessary to fulfill Indigenous Peoples' legal rights. The current U.S.-Mexico trade dispute is a first opportunity to interpret this provision. Read our take! iatp.org/us-must-respec…

❌ #Greensolutions cannot displace the people who live on & from the land, & take care of our ecosystems.🌱

'In the past 2 decades, more than a 1/4 million Indigenous people have been evicted ... for #ecotourism , carbon-offset schemes, & other [ #conservation ] activities of.'

Conservation, tourism, carbon markets drive land-grabbing, threatening #Maasai herders in #Tanzania , drawing on great research by Oakland Institute. The Atlantic AFSA MVIWATA Land Coalition Land Portal Land Rights Now CLUA Landesa
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

“People-centered trade must include the rights of Indigenous people to healthy foods that honor their traditions.'

Canadian groups support #Mexican ban on #GMO corn imports for tortillas, criticize Canadian government's support for US in trade dispute. National Newswatch Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Víctor Suárez Conahcyt México Cdn Biotech Action Margaret Spiegelman Dr. Vandana Shiva Cassandra Garrison
nationalnewswatch.com/2024/04/11/can…

🚨 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana is calling on the Government of Ghana to halt all activities geared towards the introduction of genetically modified ( #GMO ) products onto the Ghanaian market.
facebook.com/story.php?stor…

'People-centered trade must include the rights of Indigenous people to healthy foods that honor their traditions.' Key test of #GMO corn provisions in #Mexico . Víctor Suárez Conahcyt México Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Semillas de Vida 🌽 Margaret Spiegelman Cassandra Garrison foodtank.com/news/2024/04/t… via FoodTank

.The New York Times prominently quotes Gates Foundation exec & amplifies Gates's agenda in African agriculture. The two 'independent' experts cited in the article have history of financial ties to Gates, which aren't disclosed... Peter Coy 1/ nytimes.com/2024/04/01/opi…

'promotion of commercial seeds, synthetic fertilisers & other chemical inputs via donor initiatives such as the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa have been underwritten by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation & bilateral donors...ha[ve] failed'

'With limited yield improvements, farmers didn’t see more food or higher incomes from sales of their promised new surplus production. They saw a losing proposition, with the costs of seeds and fertilisers outpacing the expected returns from crop sales.'

Private philanthropies have long supported Green Revolution initiatives in #Africa , claiming a 'sustainable intensification' to increase productivity.
🚨All that was achieved was the extensification of land.

Newest piece by Timothy A. Wise for Alternatives Humanitaires.
alternatives-humanitaires.org/en/2024/03/19/…

'outrageous that global food insecurity has increased due to speculation and profiteering'
Frederic Mousseau
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'greed-driven ghouls are profiting by taking calories out of the mouths of the planet’s poorest and most vulnerable children'
jacobin.com/2023/02/econom…
ht Timothy A. Wise

Eng & Span: US pressure on #México to stop #glyphosate ban:
thenewlede.org/2024/04/mexico…
EEUU presiona a Mexico sobre la prohibición del glifosato
piedepagina.mx/mexico-retrasa… via Pie de Página Margaret Spiegelman Dr. Vandana Shiva carey gillam ✍️ 📓 Víctor Suárez Conahcyt México Enrique Cassandra Garrison

“Unsustainable extensification”-donors deepen hunger with Green Revolution in Africa - my latest in Alternatives Humanitaires on failed promise of 'sustainable intensification' under AGRA - Sustainably Growing Africa’s Food Systems. and African Development Bank Group. AFSA Oakland Institute GRAIN
alternatives-humanitaires.org/en/2024/03/19/… via @webmarketingcom

.Alternatives Humanitaires “A so-called “global #FoodCrisis ” has unfolded since the Russian invasion of Ukraine early 2022 whereas there is no global food shortage & food stocks are at their highest levels” - Frederic Mousseau shows how profiteers & speculators have exploited the situation at the…

Weaknesses in 🇺🇸arguments in a conflict over GMO 🌽? Many according to trade rules from USMCA Chap 9 + int’l law

Read my latest essay 👇🏾via Academia

academia.edu/116835531/CORN…

Timothy A. Wise Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Non-GMO Project Non-GMO Report GMWatch

Marion Nestle weighs in on Mexico's stance against US bullying on GMO corn and their 2/23 decree prohibiting the use of GMO corn in their food:

(urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url)

foodpolitics.com/2024/03/mexico…

Marion Nestle GMWatch Regeneration International Organic Consumers Association GMO Free USA