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Funnily enough, lists of African staple foods mention many plants, but not maize. Cassava, yam, plantain are everywhere, in drier areas, millet sorghum and groundnut.

So, whose agenda is driving this ? What trademarked weedkillers and fertilizers do they need to thrive ? What do the seeds cost ? and by that I don't necessarily mean how much but what else gets damaged ?

Who benefits ? Who starves ? who goes thirsty ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 06:01:31 AM EST
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Thank goodness somebody said it. Maize may be a useful plant, but the last thing Africa needs is maize monoculture and the loss of indigenous staples.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Aug 29th, 2010 at 03:05:38 PM EST
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