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Plant Breeders Bill Could Hurt Ghana’s Food Sovereignty

Plant Breeders Bill Could Hurt Ghana’s Food Sovereignty

From Ghana Web

Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana and the Small Scale Women and Men Farmers in Ghana – have said the Plant Breeders Bill (PBB), which is currently before Parliament, if passed, could compromise Ghana’s food sovereignty as well as the livelihood of smallholder farmers.

The groups believe mega transnational seed and fertilizer companies will take advantage of the bill to kill smallholder farms in Ghana. They have also argued that the Bill is discriminatory to smallholder farmers.

 

 

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