Stay updated with breaking news from Kelvin mbewe. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Countries and economic blocs across Africa are on a legislating spree to regulate the continent’s seed markets, ostensibly to overcome chronic hunger. The real reason, many believe, is the corporate push that is driving nations to facilitate and promote trade of hybrid seed varieties. The fear is that the new laws will destroy not only the continent’s food diversity, but also its indigenous practices of seed conservation. An analysis by Richard Mahapatra and Kiran Pandey with Coll ....