US sets the seed for total control of Iraq

IS this democracy? Iraqi farmers will be forced to buy seeds from US corporations - a new law makes it illegal for them to save seeds for next year’s harvest.

US sets the seed for total control of Iraq

They must discontinue the form of sustainable farming practised for thousands of years across human civilisations. They must obtain a yearly licence for genetically modified seeds.

This is all in the name of so-called “economic structuring” and to meet “current internationally recognised standards of protection”.

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