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Nepal's Monsanto debate spotlights seed sovereignty

Nepal's Monsanto debate spotlights seed sovereignty

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Jan 12, 2012
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An effort by US donors and multinational agribusiness Monsanto to partner with Nepal to boost local maize production with imported hybrid seeds has met civil society opposition that is calling instead for home-grown solutions.

“If an organization like USAID [US Agency for International Development] wants to help us with a company like Monsanto, we would …

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