Immediate release – 22 November 2010

Concluding statement from the London Session of the Tribunal.

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21 November 2010

Ben Dangl: President Lugo hasn’t delivered on promises to the farmers who brought him to power, while transgenic soy farms expand

Monsanto, Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill and a series of Brazilians agribusinesses are flexing their muscles in Paraguay, currently occupying 25% of all arable land for the production of genetically modified soy for export. The losers are Paraguay’s peasant farmers, and they’ve mobilized to defend themselves, including getting a president into power who promised to help them. But as Ben Dangl reports, for a serious of reasons, President Lugo has converted into an enemy of the same farmers that got him into power in the first place.

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IATP | Think Forward
Ben Lilliston

China faces the challenge of feeding 22 percent of the world’s population on 9 percent of its arable land. What does this really mean for China’s farmers, the environment and the world? And what can we learn from China’s experience as we grapple with challenges of development, environment and hunger?

IATP President Jim Harkness, who lived and worked in China for 16 years, will examine the challenge of feeding China and explain why, despite two decades of dire warnings, China’s growing appetite has not brought famine to the rest of the world…yet.

Jim’s talk is part of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment’s fall 2010 Frontiers lecture series, scheduled for noon to 1 p.m., Nov. 17, at 380 VoTech Building, 1954 Buford Avenue, St. Paul.

You can watch the live webcast of his talk starting at noon central time here. Or watch it later at the Frontiers lecture series archive.

Find out more about IATP’s China Initiative here.