Tazabi: I agree with you that WE have failed as a continent. That’s why the likes of Gates have managed to infest Africa so easily under the guise of humanitarian aid. FYI – I have tried to do my part and will continue to do so. I also consider it my obligation as an Ethiopian to air my concerns about the devastatingly inept and corrupt leadership in Ethiopia as well as the continued proliferation of AID organizations and the simultaneous amplification of Ethiopia’s problems.

Cheers

The preference for private sector contributions to agriculture shapes the Gates Foundation’s funding priorities. In a number of grants, for instance, one corporation appears repeatedly–Monsanto. To some extent, this simply reflects Monsanto’s domination of industrial agricultural research. There are, however, notable synergies between Gates and Monsanto: both are corporate titans that have made millions through technology, in particular through the aggressive defense of proprietary intellectual property. Both organizations are suffused by a culture of expertise, and there’s some overlap between them. Robert Horsch, a former senior vice president at Monsanto, is, for instance, now interim director of Gates’s agricultural development program and head of the science and technology team. This isn’t surprising in light of the fact that Monsanto and Gates both embrace a model of agriculture that sees farmers suffering a deficit of knowledge–in which seeds, like little tiny beads of software, can be programmed to transmit that knowledge for commercial purposes. This assumes that Green Revolution technologies–including those that substitute for farmers’ knowledge–are not only desirable but neutral. Knowledge is never neutral, however: it inevitably carries and influences relations of power.

Africa is not a place for GMOs – Maina (African Biodiversity Network)
By Gift Chanda
Tue 12 July 2011, 18:50 CAT
http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=21952

Monsanto Out to Monopolize African Agriculture
June 13, 2011 By Minda Magero
http://www.africaontheblog.com/monsanto-out-to-monopolize-african-agriculture/

Ethan Huff reports on the startling links between Bill Gates, Monsanto, eugenics and the depopulation agenda:
http://www.naturalnews.com/035105_Bill_Gates_Monsanto_eugenics.html

http://coupmedia.org/vaccinations/bill-gates-admits-vaccination-population-control-on-cnn-0703 Bill Gates wants to curb CO2 emissions by reducing world population! This is a concept he has promoted strongly and openly on many occasions!

Herper: please check out Seeds of Deception by Jeffrey Smith.. The bottom line is that GMO’s have never been proven safe for human consumption. Some GMO foods have been proven in laboratory tests to cause cancer, sterility, miscarriages, seizures and even death!!

Bill Gates and his foundation masquerade as benign philanthropists and pretend to help the weak and disadvantaged while accelerating their demise!

Much love, respect and admiration!

M.

Fascist Italian roads built in Ethiopia are still in use and it is good to invest in education, agriculture and health but tyrany is not a prerequisite for development. It is also possible to have FREEDOM and development simultaneously. If there is a will, there is a way.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invests heavily in multinational, chemical giant Monsanto (commonly referred to as “the world’s most evil corporation”). Monsanto is the company behind agent orange (an herbicide, which led to over 400,000 deaths and the disfigurement of 500,000+ babies born with birth defects in Vietnam alone) and genetically modified seeds(“suicide seeds”). What do genetically modified seeds mean to farmers in developing countries? Bill Gates will tell you that GM seeds are needed to fight starvation. The truth is that these overpriced and ineffective seeds produce sterile crops. That means farmers have to buy seeds from Monsanto for EVERY harvest!No money? Oh well! The farmers and the populations that depend on them can starve to death for all Monsanto and the Bill & Melinda foundation care! Should the vaccines fail at population control, this method should get the job of population control done.