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		<title>Monsanto buys Beeologics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid all the controversy over genetically-modified (GM) crops and their pesticides and herbicides decimating bee populations all around the world, biotechnology behemoth Monsanto has decided to buy out one of the major international firms devoted to studying and protecting bees. According to a company announcement, Beeologics handed over the reins to Monsanto back on September [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA approves &#8216;Agent Orange&#8217; pesticide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency has refused a petition that aimed to ban the sale of a powerful pesticide linked with cancer — and while already available, a surge in sales is expected as scientists ready a new crop resistant to the chemical. Not only has the EPA rejected a petition that sought to prohibit the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Grab in Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Keep India Independent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After farming, retailing is India’s major occupation. It employs 40 million people. A sizeable majority of owner/employees are in the business because of lack of other opportunities. The decade of liberalisation has so far been one of jobless growth. It is no wonder that retail has become the refuge of these millions. Lopsided economic development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dying in Abundance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: RT.com]]></description>
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		<title>India suing Monsanto for Biopiracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and chemical-use issues. Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of &#8220;superweeds&#8221;, according to a report by 20 Indian, south-east Asian, African and Latin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The myths surrounding the global rush for farmland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Vidal For a few thousands dollars a year, an Indian agribusiness, Karuturi, rents 2,500 sq km of land in Ethiopia&#8217;s Gambela province. Government ministers in Addis Ababa claim it is marginal, unused land, and its situation at the far western border with Sudan suggests this is so. In fact, the black soil is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redefining policy directions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Himanshu Jha India stands fourth in the list of countries ranked on the basis of number of billionaires. In 2011 we had 55 billionaires with a total world share of 4.5 per cent. A pretty straightforward record when we calculate the number of billionaires. Numbers become fuzzy when we start going about the business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US universities in Africa &#8216;land grab&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Land Grab]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force farmers out. Harvard and other major American universities are working through British hedge funds and European financial speculators to buy or lease vast areas of African farmland in deals, some of which may force many thousands of people [...]]]></description>
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