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If the array of false solutions in food systems proposals seems overwhelming and confusing , here are some pointers on how to start thinking and spotting them. Please share! scanthehorizon.org/p/how-to-think…

Due to the risks agrotoxin 2,4-D poses, it's been banned in parts of the world. In contrast, GM maize varieties resistant to 2,4-D have been approved for cultivation in SA. Support ACB's submission to govt to deregister 2,4-D: t2m.io/2-4D_submission; email [email protected].

Learn about impacts of digitalization, #AI, automation on peasant farming, #foodsovereignty in Europe. 🔜Join us on Monday for a webinar on recent Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 FIAN International CAWR Coventry Agroecology Now report: bit.ly/3SVYrp0. Register here: bit.ly/3TkIcSL

My Op-Ed on why GMO mosquitoes are not the solution to eradicating malaria in Uganda. trumpetnews.co.ug/2024/02/02/a-c… independent.co.ug/a-cautionary-t… monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/co…

Thank you Daily Monitor and The New Vision for publishing this article and giving it the attention it deserves 💪

Yes! SA has upheld Nov 21 decision: risk assessment framework for GMOs will apply to new breeding techniques, despite challenge by Big Ag & Appeal Board decision in their favour. Game-changer for Africa, which faces strong push to adopt novel GM tech: t2m.io/genome-editing…

Such a landmark decision by SA government to regulate NBTs using exiting biosafety law. This is in contrast with other African countries such as Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Ghana who have developed guidelines to deregulate gene editing.

#NoGMwheat! Join our urgent call on the seven UN Special Rapporteurs to intervene and block the cultivation and trade of GM wheat HB4: t2m.io/NoGMwheat_supp… Marcos A Orellana Dr. David R. Boyd Olivier De Schutter Pedro Arrojo Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur José Francisco Calí Tzay Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Michael Fakhri

📢📢📢 MEPs please REJECT report on #NGTs #NewGMOs today as it will: 👉undermine consumers’ right to choose 👉harm organic & non-gm production 👉give rise to new health and environmental risks 👉lead to surge of patented seed, at expense of farmers, breeders and agribiodiversity

Did EP just vote for labelling and traceability of NGTs #newGMOs? That would be a silver lining in an otherwise dreadful proposal. Congrats to the MEPs proposing 264 and 265.

On UN Biodiversity #SBSTTA26 agenda in Nairobi next week is Risk Assessment for gene drive mosquitoes. In this blog, ACB’s Sabrina Nafisa gives an update on gene drive mosquito projects in Africa and calls for robust international/ national biosafety regs. t2m.io/gene_drive_mos…

ACB's Sabrina Nafisa is at SBSTTA 26, and on behalf of CBD Alliance she called on Parties to support ongoing work of the Multidisciplinary Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology. Her article in Eco can be read here. cbd-alliance.org/en/2024/eco-da…

An honour to influence policy on the regulation of gene drives at #SBSTTA26 UN Biodiversity. Advocating for a refined methodology to assess the unique challenges posed by gene drive technologies.

ACB's legacy podcast is launched, celebrating 20 years of resistance against GMOs in Africa. Episode 1 is hosted by ACB’s Sabrina Nafisa and features our Director/ founder Mariam Mayet and Haidee Swanby, who worked for ACB for a decade. t2m.io/LegacyPodcastP…

Schlappe für Bayer AG! Oberstes Berufungsgericht Südafrikas kippt die Zulassung von #Gen-Mais🌱. Wir gratulieren unserer Partnerorganisation ACBIO. Das ist ein wichtiger Schritt für #Lebensmittelsicherheit, #Biodiversität und das Vorsorgeprinzip! acbio.org.za/gm-biosafety/g…

ACB's director Mariam Mayet and research and advocacy officer Sabrina Masinjila are at #COP16Colombia. In CBD Alliance newsletter, ECO, we emphasise that harmful subsidies, debt & global inequalities need to be addressed. cbd-alliance.org/en/2024/harmfu…

A Tale of Two CBDs – Trick or Treat at COP16 – A Bigger Conversation. Excellent review of the CBD negotiations in Cali by ⁦Jim Thomas⁩. Classic CBD vs Davos Style CBD 4.0. abiggerconversation.org/a-tale-of-two-…

Final statement of the 38th African Union Summit: "Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians and must be prosecuted internationally. We call for an end to cooperation and normalization with Israel until it ends its occupation and aggression against Palestine."

The 50th Anniversary Edition of this book with an 85-page new introduction titled: ‘Class Struggles under Neoliberalism’ is scheduled to be launched at the end of this month. liberatedtexts.com/reviews/the-lo…