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Wake Up Ghanaians! Say No To GMOs!

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  • @@@ 10 years ago

    I don't know how this works in Ghana, but one way or the other you have to find a way to enlighten our parliamentarians and politicians. Its high time we took a stand against GMO's. We are already dying from the influx of dis ...
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  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    in our country the voice of reason can not be heard as the decision makers , stakeholders and politics are so polarized through tribalism and other mud slinging propaganda that the truth and common sense have become irreleva ...
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  • Dungeon Master 10 years ago

    Thanks, Dr. Martin. This says a lot about GMOs and communicates well to the least educated.

  • Sumanguru 10 years ago

    Ghana is at the crossroads and it is becoming increasingly clear that, our debates and engagements need to move away from the narrow prism of party politicking, and on issues like this, evidenced based science, research and d ...
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  • FELIX .H. MENSAH 10 years ago

    I have read your article with interest. I am not an Agricultural Scientist. My opinion is therefore based, purely on pragmatic social and economic issues 'on the ground'.
    I think as a nation, we should try to answer the mi ...
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  • LONTO-BOY 10 years ago

    There're widespread public scepticism and unease of GMO's, not only in Ghana but throughout the world because of their potentially toxic effects on human health and the environment. There're alarming stories and independent r ...
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  • Mensema 10 years ago

    Well said. I think the medical community have to get involved and give our politicians the true state of the issue through information

  • Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago

    I believe the problem in Ghana is not lack of information on GMO and the real intentions of Monsanto and others, rather, the willingness of Ghanaian politicians to sell the country for pittance. A Chinese company gave mobiles ...
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  • Nana Akyea Mensah, The Odikro. 10 years ago

    OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
    a companion of the black star!

    PLANT BREEDERS' BILL IS A 419!

    "The absence of politics is the concrete analysis of a concrete situation." In that sense, Clause 23 of the Plant Breeders' Bill must b ...
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  • Commander 10 years ago

    It is much easier for a medical doctor residing in the comfort of the US to advocate for the rejection of GMO's in Ghana. Considering the rate at which fertile farm lands have been mowed down in the name of development and ur ...
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  • Asiwome 10 years ago

    Is it possible that these millions who go to bed hungry live in urban areas or are unable to pay for the foodstuffs? It is not unusual to see people lined up to "beg for food" in places where GMOs have been adopted.

  • Commander 10 years ago

    It is much easier for a medical doctor residing in the comfort of the US to advocate for the rejection of GMO's in Ghana. Considering the rate at which fertile farm lands have been mowed down in the name of development and ur ...
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  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    Commonsense. Yes, I say commonsense should tell us that if someone is trying to control your food, that someone is cunningly trying to annihilate you from the face of the earth.

    Whites, no matter how we see them, always ...
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  • Odasanibi 10 years ago

    Dr. Martin, thanks for shedding some light on this serious topic that is before the parliament now. Can the ministry in charge of agriculture be able to tell the nation how much food products are produced annually, and how mu ...
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  • PKA 10 years ago

    I hope our stomach politicians are reading this excellent article from a true son of Ghana.

  • seth 10 years ago

    God bless you for your research.government must wake up and reject the idea.it is not safe.

  • SAY NO TO THE GMOs 10 years ago

    SAY NO TO THE GMOs

  • kofi 10 years ago

    Americans are waking up gradually and are demanding more accountability so these companies are looking for alternative markets,especially soft targets in the third world like Ghana.

  • DON DEE 10 years ago

    we are patiently waiting for the day our selfish,fake stomach doctors and politicians who are bribed by these demonic 666 agents to destroy the world to pass it in Ghana.Fire burn them

  • kofi 10 years ago

    a lot of our leaders,academicians and many Doctorate degree holders in Ghana accept and promote so called new ideas without having researched the issues themselves.

  • Tamkloe 10 years ago

    Absolute trash. What is your evidence. Until you conduct a randomised control trial of he effects of GM foods, your argument is based on hearsay.
    What did you mean by " except the British of course"
    Trash

  • African Tiger 10 years ago

    Mr Tamakloe, if it is trash why has Germany banned it? Or you work for Monsanto or are brainwashed thinking that if it comes from the white man, then you accept it like a bonobo monkey? Africans wake up from your stupid slumb ...
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  • Kojo 10 years ago

    Ok Burkina Farso will grow tomatoes and Ghana will import it. Ivory Coast will grow plantain and Ghana will import it to feed her people. Congratulations.
    Propaganda (uninformed) will continue to make us poorer
    Thanks.

  • Ras 10 years ago

    I challenge you to prove a CAUSAL link between GM and a single medical condition. Just 1. Your argument is riddled with innuendo.

  • Asiwome 10 years ago

    Let us not give up our freedom.

  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    The US has accepted GMO and do you know the result? If someone is trying to control your food, that someone is trying to kill you in the long run. Think. GMO foods comes with cancer. Why is cancer so common in the US whic ...
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  • Gandalf 10 years ago

    I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS ONE. MY PRAYER IS MORE ENLIGHTENED PH.D.S AND MEDICS LIKE YOU WILL SPEAK OUT AND LOUD. I HOPE THIS IS NOT YOUR LAST PIECE. I URGE YOU TO WRITE MORE TO INFORM GHANAIANS WHO ARE ALMOST READY TO ACCEPT THI ...
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  • Gandalf 10 years ago

    MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN THIS GMO MATTER LIES WITH WELL EDUCATED GHANAIANS TRAINED WITH THE TAX PAYERS MONEY WHO ARE CAMPAIGNING WITH NO RESTRAINTS FOR THE TOTAL ADOPTION OF THE PLANT BREEDERS BILL. ALSO POLITICIANS AND GOVT FUNC ...
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  • Whatever 10 years ago

    A section of the intellectual community who begun championing the GMO must be ashamed of themselves. They have disgraced all of us. After years of schooling, they come and tell us to eat lab experiments... They should be asha ...
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  • Whatever 10 years ago

    Why do we want to adulterate our gene pool with lab samples from America? Are we normal as people? That's a fantastic expose Dr. Martin and to add to that, I cannot understand why anybody with brain in his head will throw awa ...
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  • Bortear 10 years ago

    There is worse problem ahead of us and that is not poor. From the next 10 years going we will not have enough gold, diamond, timber and other resources to export in order to get enough money for our imports and development. A ...
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  • KK 10 years ago

    I wonder how long Dr. Martin has been leaving in the US. If he cares to know, he has been eating GMOs everyday for all these years. Almost 90% of food stuff in the US has some GMO components. So Dr. Martin should tell us only ...
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  • African Tiger 10 years ago

    So Mr KK? why has many European countries banned it if it is so good? Germany is the most powerful economy in Europe and she has rejected it? Can you explain why? Or because the white man is telling you GMOS are good, you are ...
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  • KK 10 years ago

    African Tiger, so you think the African Scientist can't think independently? Why do you call people stupid if they don't support your stand? That language is not in the scientific community. We, respectfully, disagree with on ...
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  • Afua Afrakuma 10 years ago

    Thank you Dr. Martin. I hope so-called scientists like Abu Sakara will take note and read up on the recommended publications you mentioned. False scientists like him should hide their ignorance instead of shouting about it fr ...
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  • EZEKIEL 10 years ago

    Thank you, Doc. HOW can we send EACH MP a copy of this article ?? Anybody has an idea ??

  • Dr. Martin 10 years ago

    Thank you all for your comments. I am glad that you are all awake and engaged. And to Tamakloe,Ras and KK, your comments actually embolden me to write more on this issue.

    You asked me to provide proof so stay tuned and I ...
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  • Pan-Africanist International 10 years ago

    OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
    a companion of the black star!

    Hi Dr. Martin,
    Please get in touch with the Social Media Outreach of Pan-Africanist International. We were the ones who thought it would be a good idea to have your com ...
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  • JH New York 10 years ago

    Please send a copy each of these reports to the legislators and other top notch deceitful self-interest politician and the last but not the least,those two non performing Doctorate degrees; Dr Adofo and Dr Annor Frempong if
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  • Dr. Sage 10 years ago

    As a medical doctor. I am going to tell you something, and because it already agrees with your preconcieved notions you will assume that it is true and that I really am a doctor....except that I am not really a doctor but jus ...
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