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| BIOWATCH BULLETIN - NOVEMBER 2011 |
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Biowatch Bulletin: 
Highlights in the November issue include:
- Building resilience: Farmer exchanges and seed rituals
- From the director
- Merger refused
- SA GM update
- Pilot market access case study
- Strategy meeting
- Community trainings
- National workshop: Promoting Agro-ecology and Exploring Effective Markets
- What's coming up?
- African Biodiversity Network partners’ meeting in Kenya
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| LATEST NEWS |
Biowatch welcomes decision to refuse seed company merger between Pioneer and Pannar
15 October 2011
Biowatch South Africa welcomes yesterday's decision by the Competition Tribunal to refuse the merger between USA headed multinational Pioneer Hi-Bred Inc. and South Africa's largest seed company, Pannar (Pty) Ltd. Director Rose Williams says, "we are extremely pleased that the Competition Tribunal has upheld the decision of the Competition Commission to not allow the merger. We believe that foreign control of our national seed industry runs counter to the broader national interests of food security and the conservation of crop diversity". Read more...
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| SEEDS OF CHOICE |
 Seeds of Choice is a 15 minute documentary about the work which Biowatch has been doing with small-scale and household food gardeners in KwaZulu Natal. Several community projects that have switched to inexpensive, chemical-free planting are featured and demonstrate the methods they have adopted with assistance from Biowatch's Lawrence Mkhalipi. Community members talk about their experiences and why they have chosen the low-cost chemical free option. This DVD is available from Biowatch at R100. FREE to NGOs. Please contact Nicci at
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