April 25, 2023
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Ghana’s apex court has set the date 26th April 2023 for a judgement on the constitutionality or otherwise of the Plant Variety Protection Act, (PVPA) Act 1050, 2020. Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) brought the case to the court on 11th … Continue reading
July 3, 2021
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Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) together with other civil society, as well as faith-based organisations in Ghana have waged a consistent and vociferous battle against Ghana’s Plant Variety Protection Bill, based on UPOV 1991 for several years. The International Union for … Continue reading
June 1, 2021
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The World Health Organization confirmed the link between the active ingredient in Roundup and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which is a life-threatening condition and can cause enlarged lymph nodes – which are tumors in your neck, under arms, stomach, groin area and … Continue reading
January 26, 2021
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Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) will on Wednesday January 27th 2021 appear before the Human Rights High Court One of the Republic of Ghana at 9am. As first plaintiff/applicant, a motion seeking an interlocutory injunction against the defendants to distribute genetically … Continue reading
July 29, 2020
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The Obnoxious Plant Breeders’ Bill Is Back To Parliament! by Food Sovereignty Ghana, July 29, 2020 Press Conference on the Plant Breeders’ Bill#plantbreedersbill #UPOV July 29, 2020 https://t.co/o6mMd0TZU6 — FoodSovereigntyGhana (@FoodSovereignGH) July 29, 2020 It has come to our attention that … Continue reading
May 30, 2020
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FSG MEETING WITH THE REGISTRAR GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT & MINISTRY OF FOOD & AGRICULTURE ON THE CALL FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANT BREEDERS BILL, PART ONE (1): https://facebook.com/watch/live/?v=174423600665366… PART TWO (2): https://facebook.com/watch/live/?v=174423600665366… YouTube: FSG Meeting with Government on the Plant Breeders’ Bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYrnjacmGfU&t=9s
February 27, 2020
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BREAKING NEWS! #PlantBreedersBill A two-day National Workshop on the Plant Breeders Bill is currently underway, in Accra organized by the Registrar General’s Department where the reviewed Plant Breeders’ Bill is expected to be presented. Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) only heard … Continue reading
February 1, 2020
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Ghana's first GMO Court Case adjourned to February 18,At 1pm, at the Accra Human Rights Court, Court Room 2, Second Floor, The Law Courts Complex, John Evans Atta Mills High St, Accra: https://t.co/3SpShcmiAgSUIT NO. HRC/43/15: Food Sovereignty Ghana & 3 … Continue reading
December 6, 2019
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Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) salutes all farmers of the nation on this 35th edition of Farmers Day. Indeed we acknowledge and recognise the unique contribution that farmers make to our daily lives and general welfare. As a predominantly agrarian society … Continue reading
March 31, 2019
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Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) urgently calls on the government to be coherent in its policy on the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMO) into our food chain and desist from misleading media sound bites calibrated to throw dust into the … Continue reading