A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… in Mexico A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for … a whole, the country consumes 23 times more maize than rice. It is not just that maize is an important part of their daily …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… in Mexico A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for … a whole, the country consumes 23 times more maize than rice. It is not just that maize is an important part of their daily …
The European Commission has just cleared Monsanto's GM maize for use in the EU. Yet, as Jeffrey M Smith reveals, proper analysis of tests done to gain that approval suggest it should never have been given
… M Smith | 17th February 2009 Comment Gm Maize GM Testing Gm Products EU Food And … Commission has just cleared Monsanto's GM maize for use in the EU. Yet, as Jeffrey M … were fed Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) maize Mon 863, they didn’t fare too well. In …
A Complaint has been filed today with the European Commission to prevent import of the 'super-GM' SmartStax maize developed by Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences.
… Stop import of 'super-GM' SmartStax maize! Oliver Tickell | 9th January 2014 News … to prevent import of the 'super-GM' SmartStax maize developed by Monsanto and Dow … for the controversial SmartStax GM maize, according to a formal Complaint filed …
GMO corn varieties that express insecticidal Bt toxins are failing in the field, with reports of infestations of the fall armyworm on Bt corn in Brazil and the USA. Now the EU is poised to approve one of the failing varieties for use on European farms.
… the non-profit TestBioTech , the GMO maize 1507 -which may soon be approved for … - is one of those now failing in Brazil. This maize variety, developed by US companies … in Brazil are becoming resistant to this maize line only few years after market …
In a major investigation and film, the Ecologist takes a look at how volatile financial speculation on food commodities is causing hunger and poverty in Mexico - and around the world
… the recent price surges in key foods like maize and wheat. Investment banks have been … experience price jumps in its key commodity Maize back in 2006/7 - to find out how it has … photo-story looks at how Mexico's unique maize heritage is being eroded first by …
Financial speculation in key commodities, like wheat and maize, is being linked to recent volatile food prices but attempts to regulate are being delayed by lobbying from the banking sector. Tom Levitt reports
… in key commodities, like wheat and maize, is being linked to recent volatile food … prices for key staples like wheat and maize, according to a new report by the World … of key food commodities such as wheat and maize in the last six months of 2010 pushed 44 …
Why are GM crops being grown, how are plants genetically modified, where is it being cultivated, who’s in control and what is being researched and developed?
Attacks from scientists may be putting off further research into GM crops
… Health Politics And Economics Gm Food Nature maize.jpg Attacks from scientists may be … on the effects of a particular strain of GM maize on stream life in Northern Indiana. They found that the maize, ‘may have negative effects on the biota …
Following a disgraceful EU stitch-up, the European Parliament today passed a law permitting EU-wide GMO crop cultivation. With regulation and safeguards devolved to member states, and only limited 'opt-out' rights, it is a recipe for chaos that GM corporations will ruthlessly exploit.
… Farming Seeds Politics Law Regulation pioneer_maize_pr39f58-cut.jpg Pioneer's PR39F58 maize (non-GM) at Werktuigendagen, Belgium … one GM crop - a herbicide resistant strain of maize used for animal feed - is grown in …
Next week, EU governments will vote on whether to re-authorise the weedkiller glyphosate, judged by IARC to be a probable human carcinogen, writes Molly Scott Cato. The disgraceful shenanigans of the Commission and the European Food Safety Agency to date provide a clear example of the EU and member states conspiring with corporations, against citizens.
… the authorisation for the import of a GM maize for food and feed in Europe. Four days … of the plenary vote. As it turns out, this maize is Monsanto's NK603 x T25, which is … and then the Commission authorises a type of maize which is genetically modified to …
With the deadline for EU countries who wish to ban genetically GM crops drawing near, writes Oliver Tickell, Poland is the latest to register with the European Commission to go GM-free. Now the division of the EU into pro and anti-GM zones may test the single market beyond its limits.
… September 2015 News GMOs EU Regulation Law maize-portugal-cut.jpg With the deadline for … Poland's opt-outs cover all varieties of GM maize developed for use in agriculture. This …
The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been fired, writes Stephen Greenberg, with the Gates Foundation and USAID playing puppet-masters to Africa's governments - now meeting in Addis Ababa - as they drive forward corporation-friendly seed regulations that exclude and marginalize the small farmers whose seeds and labour feed the continent.
… focus on commercial crops, especially hybrid maize. This commercial seed may offer yield … the continent. The focus remained on hybrid maize and a few other commercial crops with … Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia on maize, rice, sorghum, cowpea, common beans, …
Fifteen EU states have now joined the GM-free movement as the 3rd October deadline for registration nears, along with four regions. They collectively account for 65% of the EU's arable cropland, and 65% of its population, and Greenpeace expects more to sign up.
… in Europe - Monsanto's pesticide-producing GM maize, known as MON810 - but also to the seven … approval by the Commission. These are all GM maizes . Nine EU countries (Austria, Bulgaria, …
With all the EU's GMO exemptions filed, a clear majority - by number, population and area of farmland - have chosen to be GMO-free, writes Mary Dobbs. But the rules surrounding their opt-outs are complex in the extreme and many countries will find it hard to maintain their GMO-free status - specially if the Commission and the biotech corporations like Monsanto and Syngenta choose to exercise their powers.
… in any (this happened with Novartis BT176 maize in the 1990s, for example). Some member … with EU authorisation - Monsanto's MON810 maize - and the eight crop applications going …
The European Parliament has had a great week, writes Molly Scott Cato MEP - for those who oppose GMOs in food and farming. MEPs voted on five occasions to say no to GMOs, and gave their support to agroecology as the only sustainable way to feed the world.
… for import of a GM carnation and a GM maize (Maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × GA21) were …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… the USA. Despite turning 55 million tons of maize into bioethanol, equivalent to one sixth … Now, countries dependent on US wheat and maize are getting nervous. Lester Brown of the … and the increasing demand for wheat and maize for biofuel production, caused prices to …
The financial industry has been quick to dismiss its role in pushing up food prices but with the evidence growing daily the Ecologist cuts through the jargon to explain the reality of food speculation
… US is pushing up food prices of staples like maize in low-income countries. Banks including …
A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for corn tortillas - a sacred staple in Mexico - and threatening the health and livelihoods of the country's poor. Tom Levitt investigates
… 600px.jpg A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for …
The Ecologist investigates allegations a coal power project in India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… crisis A surge in financial speculation on maize is causing vastly inflated prices for …
Extensive, long running evidence for the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate, and other toxic impacts, have been ignored by regulators. Indeed as the evidence has built up, permitted levels in food have been hugely increased, writes Dr Mae Wan Ho.
… , SiS 61) - are cancers in rats fed GM maize and / or exposed to Roundup. Although …
The EU's Environment Council voted today to devolve GMO decisions to member states - in effect allowing pro-GM governments to go ahead. This messy compromise threatens to allow GMO corporations to ride roughshod over Europe.
… Paterson. Two varieties of 'Roundup-Ready' GM maize - resistant to the herbicide glyphosate …
A key element of the TTIP is the deregulation genetically modified seeds and plants for cultivating in European soils, writes Julian Rose. This alone is reason enough for us to reject it - but it's only the beginning of a huge power grab that would make our governments more accountable to corporations, than to people.
… The EU has so far licenced just one GM maize variety (MON 810) to be grown within its …
Biotech firms are abusing their trademark controls to stop scientists fully investigating the environmental and health impacts of GM crops, a coalition of US scientists has claimed.
… to compare one of its rootworm-resistant GM maize varieties with other manufacturer’s …