New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

Projects under the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NAFSN), an EU-backed G8 initiative to boost agriculture and relieve poverty by working with private companies in Sub-Saharan Africa, need to include environment protection measures and safeguards against land grabs, said MEPs in a resolution voted on Tuesday. They also called on the EU to address transparency and governance issues, to better target development goals.

Avrupa Birliği’nin Afrika’da GDO’lu tarımı engelleme çabasını Monsanto ‘yeni sömürgecilik’ olarak yorumladı.