#upov — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #upov, aggregated by home.social.
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#SeedSovereignty is under attack — but resistance is growing
#2Dec
✊🏽Global day of action against #UPOV
👉 https://StopUPOV.org | #StopUPOVLet's continue to defend #SeedFreedom
Together, we can keep #seeds in the hands of peasants who feed the world
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#StopUPOV! Zambia says #NoToUPOV!
La Zambie est la cible d’une vague de pressions, qui gagne du terrain en Afrique, visant à interdire aux paysan•nes le droit conserver librement les #semences.
Signez l'appel international contre l'UPOV !A wave of pressure to make it illegal for farmers to save #seeds for the next planting season is gaining ground in #Africa. Join Zambian farmers in the fight against #UPOV! International call for signatures by Sept 9 :
👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLpdzHqnHP4NMt9-d0UPjsUBDy50FGsTbaOGTRZI9GTZ0cig/viewform -
En #AméricaLatina se hacen presentes, una vez más, la campaña #StopUPOV y la semana de acción mundial contra la Unión para la Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales (#UPOV), convenio que amenaza en muchos países las #semillas y, con ello, la #agricultura #campesina e #indígena que alimenta al mundo.
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À qui profite l’#UPOV ?
Avec l'expansion de l'UPOV (Union pour la protection des obtentions végétales, une sorte de brevet pour les #plantes), le marché mondial des #semences a été pris d'assaut par un cartel de sociétés #agrochimiques. Quatre d'entre elles seulement contrôlent la moitié du marché des semences, qui représente 47 Mrd $. #StopUPOV
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Who profits under #UPOV?
As UPOV has expanded, the global #seed market has been taken over by a cartel of #agrochemical companies. Today, just four of these companies control half of the US$47 billion seed market.
#StopUPOV #DefendFarmersSeeds #seeds #biodiversity #pesticides #agribusiness #food #agriculture #Bayer #Syngenta #Corteva #BASF #seedlaws #patenting