GMOs are “neo-colonialist”, security threat to Ghana - Group | Business News 2013-10-12

13.10.13

GMOs are “neo-colonialist”, security threat to Ghana - Group | Business News 2013-10-12: The group says the attempt to shove GMOs down the throat of Ghana and other African countries is neo-colonialist and a national security threat.

“The tools of this new colonialism are Genetically Modified Organisms”, the group’s Deputy Chairman Duke Sagoe warned in a statement.

It argues that GMOs are a trojan horse by which Ghana's and Africa's agriculture, beginning with the entire seed supply, will be held to ransom by the multi-billion dollar industry.

“This is being accomplished around the globe by persuading countries to adopt new laws on intellectual property rights, and creating seed monopolies protected by patents”, the group observed.

It said: “Ghana and the continent of Africa are the target of this new colonial resource grab by Western corporate giants. Through the use of GMOs and seed patents, they seek to control our agriculture”.