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A LA PRENSA</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Amigos de
la Tierra Internacional</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Para publicación inmediata</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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25 de septiembre de</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> 2012</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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REVOLUCIÓN VERDE DE
LA FUNDACIÓN GATES PROMUEVE FALSAS SOLUCIONES AL
HAMBRE EN ÁFRICA</span></font></div>
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Amigos de la
Tierra Internacional advierte acerca de la agricultura
industrial perjudicial que promueve
la Fundación Gates en
el Foro por una Revolución Verde en la Agricultura 2012 que tendrá lugar del 26
al 28 de septiembre en Arusha, Tanzania.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">Arusha</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> (Tanzania)
/ Londres (Reino Unido), 25 de septiembre de 2012 – Los donantes que controlan
la Alianza por una Revolución Verde en África (AGRA, por sus siglas en inglés)
representan los intereses de las empresas de biotecnología en lugar de los
pequeños productores africanos, advierte Amigos de
la Tierra Internacional
en la víspera del Foro anual de AGRA en Tanzania. </span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; "><br>
Las inversiones multimillonarias de
la Fundación Bill
& Melinda Gates (uno de los principales donantes de AGRA) en acciones de
empresas de biotecnología y las puertas giratorias entre donantes y estas
empresas inclinan la balanza de AGRA a favor de la agricultura lucrativa
empresarial, en lugar de la agricultura que beneficia a la población local y a
los pequeños productores. </span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[1]</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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“Es hora de que los gobiernos africanos dejen de someterse a la influencia de
los donantes empresariales. Tienen que dejar decidir a los pequeños
productores, que centrarse en métodos de ecológicos, y preservar las semillas
locales. África puede alimentarse con la agricultura ecológica y los pequeños
productores son los inversores más importantes en
la agricultura. A
través de AGRA las empresas multinacionales están tratando de controlar
nuestras semillas, nuestra tierra, nuestros alimentos y nuestras vidas. AGRA no
beneficia a los africanos sino que es el caballo de Troya del agronegocio”,
sostuvo Mariann Bassey de Amigos de
la Tierra Nigeria.</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; ">La mayoría de los proyectos
financiados por la
Fundación Gates y su idea, AGRA, favorecen las soluciones
tecnológicas y métodos de agricultura industrial intensiva. Esas soluciones
incluyen las semillas patentadas, los fertilizantes y el lobby a favor de los
cultivos genéticamente modificados. </span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[2]</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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La expansión de los cultivos genéticamente modificados en otros países muestra
que provocan el endeudamiento de los agricultores, causan un daño ambiental
irreversible y alientan la concentración de la tierra. </span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[3]</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
<br>
En marzo de 2011 la ONU lanzó un informe que exhorta a practicar la agricultura
ecológica ('eco-farming) como la mejor estrategia en el mundo en desarrollo. El
autor del informe cuestiona la sabiduría del enfoque de
la Fundación Gates en
el desarrollo agrícola. </span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[4]</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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“Si AGRA continúa con su revolución de lavado verde, los africanos perderán su
agricultura tradicional y ecológica que puede alimentar a la gente frente al
cambio climático. En lugar de eso, tendrán un sistema tóxico que conduce a los
agricultores a la utilización de químicos. Esto será un desastre para su
sustento y para el medio ambiente. Es lo opuesto de lo que necesitamos”,
sostuvo Kirtana </span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Chandrasekaran, coordinadora del
Programa Soberanía Alimentaria de Amigos de
la Tierra Internacional.
</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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La agricultura familiar sustentable, los modelos de producción agroecológica y
los fuertes mercados locales han sido reconocidos como la mejor forma de
alimentar a la gente y de proteger al planeta. </span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[5]</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">POR
MÁS INFORMACIÓN</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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E</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">n Nigeria (en Inglés) :</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Mariann Bassey de Amigos de
la Tierra Nigeria y
Coordinadora del Programa de Soberanía Alimentaria y Agrocombustibles de Amigos
de la Tierra África, </span></font><a rel="nofollow" href=""><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">+234
703 44 95 940</span></font></a><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> o correo electrónico: </span></font><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mariann@eraction.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:mariann@eraction.org"><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">mariann@eraction.org</span></font></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">En el Reino Unido (en Inglés):</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">Kirtana Chandrasekaran, coordinadora del programa Soberanía
Alimentaria de Amigos de la Tierra Internacional, </span></font><a rel="nofollow" href=""><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">+ 44 79 61 98 69 56</span></font></a><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> o por correo
electrónico: </span></font><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kirtana.chandrasekaran@foe.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:kirtana.chandrasekaran@foe.co.uk"><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">kirtana.chandrasekaran@foe.co.uk</span></font></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">NOTAS A LOS EDITORES</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[1] Para más información visite: </span></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/agra-watch/"><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/agra-watch/</span></font></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[2] Para más información lea el comentario de Mariann Bassey (en
Inglés): at </span></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foei.org/en/resources/publications/pdfs/2012/agra2019s-technology-push-in-africa/view"><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">http://www.foei.org/en/resources/publications/pdfs/2012/agra2019s-technology-push-in-africa/view</span></font></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[3] Los gobiernos están siendo obligados a proteger a los
productores y a los ciudadanos de los cultivos genéticamente modificados para
combatir la dominación de las grandes empresas de biotecnología sobre los
productores y los problemas de salud provocados por el aumento del uso de
plaguicidas, según un informe de 2011 publicado en: </span></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foei.org/en/what-we-do/climate-biodiversity-finance/latest-news-old/who-benefits-from-gm-crops"><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">http://www.foei.org/en/what-we-do/climate-biodiversity-finance/latest-news-old/who-benefits-from-gm-crops</span></font></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
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</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[4] Para más información lea el informe de la ONU de 2011 'La
agroecología y el derecho a la alimentación': </span></font><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20110308_a-hrc-16-49_agroecology_es.pdf">http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20110308_a-hrc-16-49_agroecology_es.pdf</a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1174-report-agroecology-and-the-right-to-food"> </a></span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><br>
<br>
</span></font><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">[5] En abril de 2008 un estudio realizado por 400 científicos
multidisciplinarios y por varias organizaciones internacionales (la Evaluación
internacional de las ciencias y tecnología de agricultura para el desarrollo,
IAASTD, por su sigla en inglés) concluyó que la agroecología, el comercio local
y el apoyo a los pequeños productores es la mejor forma de combatir el hambre y
la pobreza. Para
más información lea la evaluación: </span></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.agassessment.org/"><font color="#1155cc" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">http://www.agassessment.org/</span></font></a></div>
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On 25-09-12 11:03, Niccolo Sarno FoEI Media Coordinator wrote: </span></font></div>
<div class="yiv1179425730MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">MEDIA ADVISORY <br>
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Friends of the Earth International <br>
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Embargo: For immediate release <br>
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September 25, 2012 <br>
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GATES FOUNDATION-LED GREEN REVOLUTION PROMOTES FALSE SOLUTIONS TO HUNGER IN
AFRICA <br>
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Friends of the Earth International warns against damaging industrial farming
promoted by the Gates Foundation at the Agricultural Green Revolution Forum
2012, Arusha, Tanzania on 26-28 September. <br>
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ARUSHA (TANZANIA) / LONDON (UK), September 25, 2012 – Donors controlling the
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) are representing the interests
of biotechnology corporations rather than African small farmers, warns Friends
of the Earth International on the eve of the annual AGRA Forum in Tanzania. <br>
<br>
Multi-million dollar investments from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
-a major AGRA donor- into shares in biotech corporations, and revolving doors
between donors and these corporations skew the agenda of AGRA in favor of
profit-based, corporate-led farming rather than farming benefiting local people
and small farmers. [1] <br>
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“It is time African Governments stop bowing to corporate donors and instead put
farmers in the driver's seat, and focus on funding ecological methods and
preserving local seeds. Africa can feed itself with ecological agriculture and
it is small farmers themselves who are the most important investors in farming.
Through AGRA multinational corporations are trying to control our seeds, land,
food and then our lives. AGRA is not in the best interest of Africans, it is a
trojan horse for agribusiness,” says Mariann Bassey from Friends of the Earth
Nigeria. <br>
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The bulk of projects funded by the Gates Foundation and its brainchild AGRA
favor technological solutions for high-input industrial farming methods . These
include patented seeds, fertilizers and lobbying for genetically modified
crops. [2] <br>
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Evidence from the rollout of genetically modified crops in other countries
shows that these crops push farmers into debt, cause irreversible environmental
damage and encourage land concentration. [3] <br>
<br>
In March 2011 the UN issued a report urging 'eco-farming' as the best strategy
for improving farming in the developing world. In it, the author challenged the
wisdom of the Gates Foundation’s approach in agricultural development. [4] <br>
<br>
“If AGRA carries on with its greenwash revolution, Africans will lose
traditional and ecological farming that can feed people in the face of climate
change. Instead they will have a toxic system that pushes farmers onto a
chemical treadmill. This will be a disaster for their livelihoods and the
environment. This is the opposite of what we need,“ says Kirtana
Chandrasekaran, Friends of the Earth International Food Sovereignty
coordinator. <br>
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Sustainable family farming, agro-ecological production models and strong local
markets have been recognized as the best way to feed people and to protect the
planet. [5] <br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION <br>
<br>
In Nigeria : <br>
<br>
Mariann Bassey from Friends of the Earth Nigeria and Coordinator for the Food
Sovereignty and Agrofuels Program Friends of the Earth Africa, +234 703 44 95
940 or email <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mariann@eraction.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:mariann@eraction.org">mariann@eraction.org</a>
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<br>
In the United Kingdom: <br>
<br>
Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Friends of the Earth International Food Sovereignty
program coordinator, + 44 79 61 98 69 56 or email <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kirtana.chandrasekaran@foe.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:kirtana.chandrasekaran@foe.co.uk">kirtana.chandrasekaran@foe.co.uk</a>
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NOTES TO EDITORS <br>
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[1] For more information read <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/agra-watch/">http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/agra-watch/</a>
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[2] For more information read a commentary by Mariann Bassey at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foei.org/en/resources/publications/pdfs/2012/agra2019s-technology-push-in-africa/view">http://www.foei.org/en/resources/publications/pdfs/2012/agra2019s-technology-push-in-africa/view</a><br>
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[3] Governments are being forced to protect farmers and citizens from
genetically modified crops to combat biotech corporations’ stranglehold over
farmers, and health scares from escalating pesticide use, according to a 2011
report online at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foei.org/en/what-we-do/climate-biodiversity-finance/latest-news-old/who-benefits-from-gm-crops">http://www.foei.org/en/what-we-do/climate-biodiversity-finance/latest-news-old/who-benefits-from-gm-crops</a><br>
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[4] For more information read the 2011 UN report 'Agro-ecology and the right to
food' at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1174-report-agroecology-and-the-right-to-food">http://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1174-report-agroecology-and-the-right-to-food</a><br>
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[5] In April 2008 a
study by 400 multi-disciplinary scientists and several international
organisations (the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science
and Technology for Development, or IAASTD) concluded that agro-ecology, local
trade and supporting small farmers is the best way forward to combat hunger and
poverty. <br>
For more information read the assessment at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.agassessment.org/">http://www.agassessment.org/</a>
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