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• Monsanto
  ...hat it was one of the primary manufacturers of Agent Orange, code name for a powerful herbicide, defoliant and chemical weapon used widely by the US mil ...and is now an independent company. It has, according to its website, 'a very special focus on developing agricultural solutions'. Specifically
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• Jonathon Harrington
  ...c Food" - a book by [[Alex Avery]], a fierce critic of organic farming and a well known supporter of GMOs.<ref>"[http://www.optimaexcel.co.uk/services.h ...es entirely GM-free. But Harrington hit the headlines in January 2009 when a ''Guardian'' article reported that he had planted GM maize on his Welsh far
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• AfricaBio
  ...otech-industry funded [[Council for Biotechnology Information]] in the US, a Board Member of the biotech-industry backed [[ISAAA]] and Chair of the [[Af ...SAGENE]], South Africa's orginal regulatory body for GM crops. She is also a member of South Africa's current Advisory Committee, which provides expert
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• Florence Wambugu
  ...ops are the key to eradicating poverty and hunger in the Third World, says a leading African biotechnology expert.<ref>Chris Lackner, [http://archives.f ...an embarrassment to companies like Monsanto. In fact, [[L. Val Giddings]], a vice president of the [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]], has said, "I
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• Agricultural Biotechnology Council
  ...s]], ABC hired lobbying agency [[Lexington Communications]] in 2002. It is a client still in 2017. ...ce. Before that it was [[Paul Rylott]], also of Bayer although formerly UK Seed Manager for [[Aventis]] CropScience.
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• American Soybean Association
  ...rganisation working to strengthen soybeans as a viable crop' but it enjoys a remarkably close relationship with Monsanto and other biotech corporations. ...dget from [[Monsanto]], [[Pioneer Hi-Bred International]], [[BASF]], Stein Seed Co. and others, says controller [[Brian Vaught]].<ref>Robert Schubert, [htt
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• Alan Dewar
  ...n as the [[Institute of Arable Crops Research]] (IACR), which has employed a number of pro-GM scientists<ref>John Vidal and James Meikle, [http://www.gu ...0. This research used Monsanto patented seed.</ref><ref>Alan M Dewar, Lisa A Haylock, Kathy M Bean and Mike J May, [http://www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk/to
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• Des D'Souza
  ...ting information out of their Communications Manager, Des D'Souza could be a difficult task. ...imed on Radio 4 that only a relatively small number of people had attended a public meeting about the trial that had been packed out, Ms Graham confront
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• Food Standards Agency
  ...alth and consumer interests in relation to food.' In 2002 the FSA produced a two-year update on its activities. 'Our independence is vital if we are to ...listed as 2 of the FSA's 3 'guiding principles'. The Agency also lists as a key aim earning 'people's trust by what we do and how we do it'. This empha
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• L. Val Giddings
  ...delegation to the first meeting of the Open Ended Ad Hoc Working Group on a Biosafety Protocol. He attended subsequent meetings on the protocol as the Prior to USDA, Giddings worked as a biotech consultant for the [[World Bank]], following five years contributin
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• International Rice Research Institute
  ...id-1960s the IRRI's launch of a high-yielding dwarf rice variety (IR8) was a significant contribution to the Green Revolution in Asia, where nearly 91 p However, both IRRI and CGIAR have come under criticism for supporting a corporate agenda. IRRI under CGIAR is supposed to contribute to sustainable
  15 KB (2,226 words) - 14:32, 4 September 2009
• International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications
  One of ISAAA's goals is to 'facilitate a knowledge-based, better informed public debate.' To help it achieve its aim ...rums are facades for large corporations. The NGOs consist of a website and a few staff, they charge.'<ref>Aaron deGrassi, [http://allafrica.com/download
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• Jonathan Jones
  Prof '''Jonathan Jones''' is a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] and senior scientist at the [[Sainsbury Lab ...ar biology and genetics to better understand plant disease resistance with a view to engineering disease resistance genes into crop plants. In 1998 Jone
  40 KB (6,074 words) - 16:20, 25 July 2011
• Limagrain
  ...takeholders, but by 2000 Limagrain had also become the world's 4th biggest seed company, with only [[Sourcewatch:DuPont|DuPont]] (Pioneer), [[Sourcewatch:M ...s also developed common research programmes for developing GM crops within a joint venture.
  3 KB (376 words) - 21:56, 17 March 2009
• Alan McHughen
  [[Alan McHughen]] is a molecular geneticist who spent twenty years at the University of Saskatchew Yet ''Pandora's Picnic Basket'' contains a number of "untenable pseudo-scientific assertions". For instance, on p. 233
  14 KB (2,048 words) - 18:50, 21 January 2010
• Pierre Pagesse
  ...al campaigners', who came to blows with French protesters seeking to clear a field of GM crops, was led by '''Pierre Pagesse'''. ([http://www.gmwatch.or ...ion]] - an umbrella organisation for farmers' cooperatives and one half of a powerful European Union farm coalition. COGECA actively supports the develo
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• PG Economics
  PG Economics has produced a number of reassuring reports dealing with the economic and strategic issues ...include the leading biotechnology companies, agro-chemical manufacturers, seed companies & plant breeders, animal feed ingredient manufacturers, breakfast
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• Paul Rylott
  ...t was also Bayer CropScience's 'Head of BioScience UK'. He was formerly UK Seed Manager for [[Aventis]] CropScience, prior to its sale to [[Bayer]]. He's a ...ion as environment minister was at risk last night after he was accused by a leading member of the powerful pro-GM lobby of boycotting the field trials
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• Rothamsted Research
  Rothamsted is a charity and a company limited by guarantee and occupies land and buildings owned by the [ ...othamsted sees such partnerships as ideally providing the opportunity for "a seamless mix of basic research and practical applications." As of August 20
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• David Sainsbury
  ...]], responsible for national policy on GM crops and foods, and as such was a key adviser to Blair on GM technology. ...in September 1997. On October 3 1997 he was made a life peer by Blair and a year later Minister for Science.
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