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		<title>Green activists &#8216;are keeping Africa poor&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just read a very interesting article in yesterday&#8217;s Times newspaper, where the British former chief scientist, Professor Sir David King, states that Western &#8216;do-gooders&#8217; (in this instance NGOs) are impoverishing Africa by promoting traditional organic farming methods at the expense of modern scientific agriculture. The article states that NGOs from Europe and America are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve just read a very interesting article in yesterday&#8217;s Times newspaper, where the British former chief scientist, Professor Sir David King, states that Western &#8216;do-gooders&#8217; (in this instance NGOs) are impoverishing Africa by promoting traditional organic farming methods at the expense of modern scientific agriculture.</p>
<p>The article states that NGOs from Europe and America are turning African countries against sophisticated farming methods, including GM crops (e.g. rice that resists flooding &#038; drought), in favour of indigenous and organic approaches. These organic methods simply cannot deliver the continent&#8217;s much needed &#8216;Green Revolution&#8217;, and the end result is that millions of people are suffering unnecessarily.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The problem is that the Western-world move toward organic farming &#8211; a <em>lifestyle choice for a community with surplus food</em> &#8211; and against agricultural technology in general and GM in particular, has been adopted across Africa, with the exception of South Africa, with devastating consequences.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4699096.ece" target="_blank">Full article at Times Online</a>.</p>
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