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India's farmer suicides: film indicts US corporate greed - 1 views

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    This article discusses the rash suicides of many famers in India, because of Monsanto, "the world's largest seed company" and also a large supporter of genetically modified organisms. Monsanto has placed pressure on Indian famers with cotton, corn, and soybeans seeds, using hybrid technology. This technology is causing higher yields and farmers fear they cannot keep up.
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More farmers sign up to food chains - 0 views

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    This article explains that more Chinese famers are beginning to use food chain partnership projects to produce higher yields. The partnerships are equipping famers with new technology that has not been used before in this province. With new technology comes new worries, and with new traceable scanning codes, customers can identify where, how, whether or not GMOs were used.
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