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Agroecology can bring Food Security - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "in central-west Brazil - soybeans - and maize - often were exported !"

 

 

 

 

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• "for Emilia Alves Manduca - a smallholder farmer in Mato Grosso - her rice seeds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "are a symbol - of the strength - of family farming - that seed is a result !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "of an exchange - she made with - quilombolas communities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that have selectively bred - seeds - for more than four generations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "this is part - of a worldwide movement - called - agroecology !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "also in response to problems - of larger - agribusiness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "agroecology - is a marriage - between science - traditional agriculture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and social movements - family farming - the practice which agroecology !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "is based on - involves more than - 500 million people - worldwide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "agroecological farmers - produce relatively - more food !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "it is more healthy - and it is more sustainable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "agroecology - recovers elements - of each territory - and knowledge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "developed by farmers - for thousands of years - instead of monoculture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "agroecology - is preserving biodiversity - and humankind itself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
  

 

 

 

 

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• "this system - is important - to guarantee - quality food - for everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "strengthening networks - often is important - for small farmers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "sustainable food production - can easily meet - the needs of its population !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "agroecology - guarantees land - to peasants - species diversity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "decent work - and food sovereignty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seeds - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Brazil is set - to break - in a bill - a global moratorium !"

 

 

 

 

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• "on - genetically-modified - "terminator" - seeds !"

 

 

 

 

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• "farmers - would have to buy - new seeds - for each planting !"

 

 

 

 

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• "reduced self-sufficiency - and more dependent - not produce own seeds !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was developed by - agrochemical firms !"

 

 

 

 

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• "but massive protests - peasant farmers - indigenous groups - and their supporters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "put the companies - on the back foot - and they are reluctantly forced - to shelve the technology !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in the 1990s - the seed companies - agreed - not to employ this technique !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "after a global outcry - by small farmers - indigenous groups - and civil society groups !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in 2000 - 193 countries - signed up to the - UN Convention on Biological Diversity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "which recommends a - moratorium - on this technology !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brazil detains Land-Grabber - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Brazil has detained a - land-grabber - Ezequiel Antônio Castanha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "faces charges - including illegal deforestation !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and money laundering - and could be sentenced to up to - 46 years - in prison !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the Amazon Rainforest - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the Amazon rainforest - is protected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "by a bill called - Forest Code !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "agribusiness - and the agricultural lobby - had lobbied against it !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in addition to being home - to around - one-third !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "of the planet’s - biodiversity - the Amazon rainforest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "is one of the most important - natural defenses - to protect the climate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the Amazon rainforest - and the rainforests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "now absorb - huge amounts of - carbon dioxide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the Amazon Rainforest is Home to 16,000 Tree Species - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "four hundred - billion trees - belonging to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "16,000 - different species - now grow in the - Amazon rainforest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the new findings show - that greater Amazonia - harbours around - 390 billion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "individual trees - including nut - chocolate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and acai berry - almost none of the most - dominant species !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "are widespread - throughout the Amazon - instead !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "most are abundant - in a particular region - or forest type !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Amazon Rainforest - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ AMAZON

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• "the Amazon rainforest - is a moist broadleaf forest - that covers !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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• "most of the - Amazon Basin - it comprises the - largest !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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• "and most biodiverse tract - of tropical rainforest - in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

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• "with 390 - billion individual trees - divided into - 16,000 species !!!!!!!!!!!!"