Ghana To Soon Face Huge GMOs Judgment Debts

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nii 10 years ago

Kill all these FOOLS.

Kill all these FOOLS.
nii 10 years ago

This is a MUCH better thing 2 demonstrate than those Doctors , Union demonstration. The whole nation 2 match 2 parliament 2 tell these FOOLS we will NOT lie down taking THIS NONESENSE from the west. If they do we will target ...
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This is a MUCH better thing 2 demonstrate than those Doctors , Union demonstration. The whole nation 2 match 2 parliament 2 tell these FOOLS we will NOT lie down taking THIS NONESENSE from the west. If they do we will target them one by one.
Scientist 10 years ago

Outstanding write up. Good subject for New Year School to discuss/debate. The scary part is the patent issue.
The unfortunate thing is we have parliamentarians who have no research staff. So everything depends upon the ...
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Outstanding write up. Good subject for New Year School to discuss/debate. The scary part is the patent issue.
The unfortunate thing is we have parliamentarians who have no research staff. So everything depends upon the MP's knowledge. I doubt if any of them had time this christmas to research this subject.
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

we have enough problems without GMO

we have enough problems without GMO
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago

I really do not understand why Ghana's Parliament is rushing to pass this bill, when it is unnecessary because GMO technologies are protected by existing laws and regulations on patents and international laws. Ghana is sleepi ...
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I really do not understand why Ghana's Parliament is rushing to pass this bill, when it is unnecessary because GMO technologies are protected by existing laws and regulations on patents and international laws. Ghana is sleeping walking into giving her sovereignty away to Multinational if this bill becomes law.

This is also at a time that some of these multinationals are being forced of compelled by circumstances and consumer demands to abandon GMO. For example, General Mills, cereal manufacturers this weekend announced that they will no longer have GMO in Cheerios on the US market. This is no surprise because Ghanaian MPs could be bought with mobile phones to approve loans so giant multinationals can easily grease their palms to approve the bill.
JAK The Ripper 10 years ago

Do you remember the 5000 pound strling doled out to the MPs prior to the signing of the Vodafone deal.

Pathetic cantenkerous and the nincompoop John Agyekum Kuffuor has given them a taste of cheap stealing....they no long ...
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Do you remember the 5000 pound strling doled out to the MPs prior to the signing of the Vodafone deal.

Pathetic cantenkerous and the nincompoop John Agyekum Kuffuor has given them a taste of cheap stealing....they no longer have the spine to resist "cheapside" bribery...
KK 10 years ago

Thank you Joe. I hope everyone of those pseudo PHD's and parliamentarians read this article with a clear conscience for once, before they make THE real gargantuan mistake that would forever enslave us. This fight against the ...
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Thank you Joe. I hope everyone of those pseudo PHD's and parliamentarians read this article with a clear conscience for once, before they make THE real gargantuan mistake that would forever enslave us. This fight against the evil intent of the GMO drive must be relentless. Keep it up! Joe.
Francis C. Quainoo 10 years ago

This is a superb write up that should be followed up by all concerned people in Ghana, especially the Journalists.

Unfortunately our august Parliament has been saturated today with semi-literate louts who can only see the ...
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This is a superb write up that should be followed up by all concerned people in Ghana, especially the Journalists.

Unfortunately our august Parliament has been saturated today with semi-literate louts who can only see the $$ signs as the main reason for their being there.

Equally unfortunate are our present Journalists whose thirst for Dirty Money have landed them in various parts of the Political fence, thus leaving the innocent to be kept in the loop without knowing what exactly is going on about the GMO.

Our people can still think that we are Free and Independent without realising that Neo-Colonialism is still abound on us in a BIG WAY.

How do we win?? The so called Political Practitioners would say they have no Researchers. The Journalists would say they have no Laptops, so end of the day the layman should take to the street and fight on his own.

This is exactly what we have all been taught by the recent Supreme Court Decision on the recent Electoral Petition.

That there is NO where in Africa that an Electoral Petition has succeeded through the Courts, therefore it should be left into the hands of the masses themselves; according to Judge ATUBUGA.

So to make a difference in all these matters, we MUST learn to FIGHT these bureaucratic and neo-Colonialists morass.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, JOE!!!

Best Regards,

Francis C. Quainoo
Western Australia
Otsibu Darko 10 years ago

The government does not think about the future consequences of the GMO and doesn't care about we citizens of Ghana and our health, they all think of their 'pockets' then we Ghanaians are stupid in the sense that we do not kno ...
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The government does not think about the future consequences of the GMO and doesn't care about we citizens of Ghana and our health, they all think of their 'pockets' then we Ghanaians are stupid in the sense that we do not know how to protest. There should be an unrelenting nation wide protest-never ending, never stopping until this bill is withdrawn-our health is important than their 'bribed pockets'
PKA 10 years ago

Fact is, even as we continue to highlight this impending GMO threat on Ghanaweb, there are still millions of Ghanaians back home who are simply unaware of any such thing. That is why a nationwide protest can only come about i ...
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Fact is, even as we continue to highlight this impending GMO threat on Ghanaweb, there are still millions of Ghanaians back home who are simply unaware of any such thing. That is why a nationwide protest can only come about if, like the writer said, the Kweku Baakos and Kwesi Pratts of Ghana educate the general public on the need to arise and resist this latest attempt to control what we eat with all our will and might. I've often asked myself why Africans are considered fair game by these multinational companies. Maybe our "Honourable" politicians can answer that question.
Anthony Insaidoo 10 years ago

These honourable parliamentarians are wasting our time, energies and other precious and valuable resources. I am tired of them. They should give us a break.

These honourable parliamentarians are wasting our time, energies and other precious and valuable resources. I am tired of them. They should give us a break.
GAbaa 10 years ago

PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY GET A COPY OF THE BOWMAN AND MONSANTO US SUPREME COURT RULING TO THE MPs TO READ. IT WILL DEVASTATE THE SMALL SCALE FARMER IN GHANA IF THIS IS PUT IN PLACE. VERY VERY CRUEL THING TO DO

PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY GET A COPY OF THE BOWMAN AND MONSANTO US SUPREME COURT RULING TO THE MPs TO READ. IT WILL DEVASTATE THE SMALL SCALE FARMER IN GHANA IF THIS IS PUT IN PLACE. VERY VERY CRUEL THING TO DO
Darling boy 10 years ago

Now such sensible will not attract those huge comments and full insults frm ppl who give those nasty replies and counter accusing.where are u all young inexperience social commentators.time to fight for. Common evil

Now such sensible will not attract those huge comments and full insults frm ppl who give those nasty replies and counter accusing.where are u all young inexperience social commentators.time to fight for. Common evil
MD-Kansas 10 years ago

Who even send the bill to parliament for consideration? This is a very dangerous steps that our political leaders are trying to take. Three weeks ago, I saw some statistics on television in the US talking about how people fee ...
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Who even send the bill to parliament for consideration? This is a very dangerous steps that our political leaders are trying to take. Three weeks ago, I saw some statistics on television in the US talking about how people feel about the GMO foods. It was unfavorable because so many people have no idea about GMO. Also, some states have not accepted the GMO into their farming communities. The problem we have in Ghana is that politicians and other leaders in higher authority are usually bribe to do the wrong thing from right. Once they are given incentives to act in a certain way, the heavens can move but their mind will never change towards positivity. Journalists who are supposed to talk against shoddy deals by political leaders do the opposite when given their share of the incentives. America and other Western countries are very much aware that Africa will be the last hope for investment and opportunities in the future so they are doing what it take to capture us in the form of neocolonialism. The influence of advance countries in other sovereign nations are the cause of turmoil in the world. They normal cause confusing in countries and turn around to come and help them. If a white man said he love life and want to help you, please be careful because he will never do it for free. Parliament should suspend the bill indefinitely. Every time, the Western countries are the ones that suggest for us what to do at anytime, but we cannot suggest anything for them. It is time we change our mentality and resist this oppression.
SHANGO 10 years ago

Curses be upon all the corrupt politicians in parliament! May they suffer a fate worse than death one by one. What kind of morality do these MP's have that makes them all too willing to betray the peaceful, struggling people ...
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Curses be upon all the corrupt politicians in parliament! May they suffer a fate worse than death one by one. What kind of morality do these MP's have that makes them all too willing to betray the peaceful, struggling people of this country for even a mere mobile phone?
Concerned Ghanaian 10 years ago

It is very sad when it comes to money no matter how small it is, the Ghanaian official would stoop so low and sell their country for pittance. If this bill go through we should look for the Scientists and politicians who supp ...
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It is very sad when it comes to money no matter how small it is, the Ghanaian official would stoop so low and sell their country for pittance. If this bill go through we should look for the Scientists and politicians who supported it must be lynched.
Kojo Billy Duncan 10 years ago

They are intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt.

They are intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt.
... ... ... 10 years ago

Killing them and their loved ones are
the only way to go if they accept and approve this sinister bill.

Killing them and their loved ones are
the only way to go if they accept and approve this sinister bill.
MD-Kansas 10 years ago

The MPs myopic thinking! All that think about is to accumulate more money as much as possible to feed all their families including the extended ones. Any other matter in Ghana doesn't concern them. They will try and save more ...
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The MPs myopic thinking! All that think about is to accumulate more money as much as possible to feed all their families including the extended ones. Any other matter in Ghana doesn't concern them. They will try and save more money for their children in various banks so that while they are dead and gone, their children will never lack. Nothing they care, even if the country is betrayed for their gains. I don't know why arm robbers usually go and robbed innocent people all the time. They should rather go after politicians because they are the ones who have to make things good for all. They usually certify few leaving the masses in abject poor.
Fii 10 years ago

This Bill shd be subjected to public debate, the MPs shd please, come down to de constituences and delibrate on this issue with the electorate b4 voting on this wicked and ill-intended bil. This Bill will not help GHANA.

This Bill shd be subjected to public debate, the MPs shd please, come down to de constituences and delibrate on this issue with the electorate b4 voting on this wicked and ill-intended bil. This Bill will not help GHANA.
LONTO-BOY 10 years ago

Thank you, Mr Strider, for this article. Regardless of how one feels about GMOs, it's very important to have such information on the inherent risks of trying to pass this 'Plant Breeder Bills' in our Parliament without doing ...
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Thank you, Mr Strider, for this article. Regardless of how one feels about GMOs, it's very important to have such information on the inherent risks of trying to pass this 'Plant Breeder Bills' in our Parliament without doing analysis of their long-term economic risks to this country.

Beyond the patent infringement concern, Bio-tech Corporations like Monsanto aim to patent seeds and life simply to control our food production. It's about time Ghanaians start showing real CONSCIOUSNESS.
jingoisis 10 years ago

Are Ghanaians surprised at the stark ignorance of our politicians when it comes to GMO? This disgustingly myopic attitude pervaded the discussions on AIDS and homosexuality. Genetically modified food is a real threat to the w ...
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Are Ghanaians surprised at the stark ignorance of our politicians when it comes to GMO? This disgustingly myopic attitude pervaded the discussions on AIDS and homosexuality. Genetically modified food is a real threat to the world and Africa in particular....somebody needs to read the riot act to the politicians and their cohorts otherwise our agricultural system will be irreversibly tainted with GMOs and we and our descendants will be worst off for it
PAT 10 years ago

our ancestors lived long healthy lives mostly free of non communicable diseases diabetes, bp, strokes, heart attack, sexual weakness and barreness, all manner of cancers, and fibroids.....etc etc...this was all bcos of the in ...
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our ancestors lived long healthy lives mostly free of non communicable diseases diabetes, bp, strokes, heart attack, sexual weakness and barreness, all manner of cancers, and fibroids.....etc etc...this was all bcos of the inbuilt God-given ingredients of our natural foods which could prevent such conditions......BUT GMO'S CANT DO ANY OF THESE HENCE THE PROLIFERATION OF SUCH CONDITIONS MASSIVELY IN THE WESTERN COUNTRIES..IF GHANAIANS ARE SO STUPID AND SHALLOW THAT WE WILL ALLOW THIS GMO TO BE PUSHED DOWN OUR THROATS, THEN GOD SAVE US......OUR GREEDY POLITICIANS WILL DO WHATEVER TO SELL OUR BIRTHRIGHT ONCE MONEY IS CONCERNED SO GHANA LETS SIT UP AND STOP THEM.
KAK 10 years ago

WE WANT NO GM FOODS IN GHANA,THEY ARE UN-NATURAL,UNHEALTHY AND WILL SIMPLY DESTROY OUR ECO-SYSTEM.

WE WANT NO GM FOODS IN GHANA,THEY ARE UN-NATURAL,UNHEALTHY AND WILL SIMPLY DESTROY OUR ECO-SYSTEM.
AMU 10 years ago

This obnoxious bill should be re-named 'Plant Breeders Bill of Death'. That way, our Government and MPs know what's at stake here: Reckless Destruction of a whole Population.
That we're here today debating this outrageous bi ...
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This obnoxious bill should be re-named 'Plant Breeders Bill of Death'. That way, our Government and MPs know what's at stake here: Reckless Destruction of a whole Population.
That we're here today debating this outrageous bill at all shows the uncaring character of our leaders. This 'Bill of Death' is a sinister attempt by Big Agra led by Monsanto with their 'scientists-for-hire' to capture and control our food production and supply. The President must use his executive power to 'kill' this bill. Food is Life. Whoever controls your food controls your life.
THIS BILL IS A MONSTER. OUR EXISTENCE IS AT STAKE!
Kojo Billy Duncan 10 years ago

For your information just google how a big USA GM company tried to patent the name 'Basmati' rice and shamefully failed. This illustrates the extent the wicked leeches will go to suck the poor dry.

For your information just google how a big USA GM company tried to patent the name 'Basmati' rice and shamefully failed. This illustrates the extent the wicked leeches will go to suck the poor dry.
Dr.Adofo 10 years ago

why all these emotional discussions?What about copyright or patent laws that has been passed by parliament?First do we want our farmers to remain poor or not?do we want them to continue using poor yielding seeds or not?Compa ...
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why all these emotional discussions?What about copyright or patent laws that has been passed by parliament?First do we want our farmers to remain poor or not?do we want them to continue using poor yielding seeds or not?Compare the old tall maize with poor yield and easily devastated by winds and the new short improved variety with abetter yield and just choose what you want.Note that our farmers are already buying seeds for planting for many years now.Just go to ministry of agriculture office in Accra and you can see that farmers are buying improved seeds every day. Emotions will not solve any problem and mind you the CSIR has produced a lot of seeds which can be sold to other west African countries and should be protected.
Asiwome 10 years ago

Try using manure or other natural fertilizer to improve the yield of lanky corn. It is not necessary to splice genes. I don't care whether you can produce orange the size of a football, don't adulterate our food!

Try using manure or other natural fertilizer to improve the yield of lanky corn. It is not necessary to splice genes. I don't care whether you can produce orange the size of a football, don't adulterate our food!
Tekonline.org 10 years ago

With minds like yours, there is hope for Ghana.

With minds like yours, there is hope for Ghana.
JAK The Ripper 10 years ago

Sorry Doc, the crux of the matter is the nature of the GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDs. Expert say biotechnology isnt a a bad thing HOWEVER GM seeds are a cross breed between animals and plant...which is DANGEROUS and unethical so ...
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Sorry Doc, the crux of the matter is the nature of the GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDs. Expert say biotechnology isnt a a bad thing HOWEVER GM seeds are a cross breed between animals and plant...which is DANGEROUS and unethical so unacceptable area of research/solution to sustenance of our food supply or poverty of farmers.

So which do you prefer? Certain death, extremination of mankind(African, ie 3rd world, consumers of GM products) or intractable disease/aoilments or short term wealth?
Kweku Ananse 10 years ago

You base the large part of your pro-GMO argument on the financial rewards to farmers. I wonder if you've ever heard of Venezuelan organic cocoa and why it fetches the top price in the world. In fact, it is preferred by chocol ...
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You base the large part of your pro-GMO argument on the financial rewards to farmers. I wonder if you've ever heard of Venezuelan organic cocoa and why it fetches the top price in the world. In fact, it is preferred by chocolate manufacturers!
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

In all my own contribution to this debate, I have lamented the fact that companies will take advantage of any decisions in which their unfair advantage can be applied. This by the way is not restricted to food biotechnology c ...
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In all my own contribution to this debate, I have lamented the fact that companies will take advantage of any decisions in which their unfair advantage can be applied. This by the way is not restricted to food biotechnology companies like Monsanto. This particular behaviour has characterised the activities of many biomedical and in particular, pharmaceutical companies who now hold patents and the intellectual property rights to a whole host of products which they took from 'us'!!!

Two things that are missing in your article are the following:
1. If as you have rightly pointed out we do not want 'ouside companies' to come and 'bribe their way' into our food system and later hold us hostage, then why do you not suggest that our own scientists should explore this area of science and find similar solutions which will remain with us and therefore not hold us hostage to these multinationals?

This is a legitimate question because to me, the GM debate even in Europe and America has not focused on these issues but rather an ill-informed mis-information of the public about the safety or otherwise of these foods. It is worth noting that this weekend there has been a major feature on GM foods on American markets where some members of the public are crying 'wolf' whilst others are 'hailing' GM foods. The fact of the matter is that a lot fo the 'grain' people consume in Europe, America and the rest of the world (i.e. imported grain for the rest of us) is GM-produced and a lot of the 'shredded wheat' and other "breakfast cereals" sold on the US and European markets (and for the rest of us) are made from GM foods.

In the US, there are two regulatory bodies for GM foods and the Food and Drug Administration having considered the scientific facts and figures, somehow has allowed these foods to be cultivated and produced and mass-marketed within the law.

The second point you have failed to address is whether in fact GM foods arw detrimental to our health. For me as a scientist, that is as important to me as is the legislation and regulation surrounding the application of the technology in our part of the world and who ultimately controls our food supply as it were.

The fact of the matter is that to date, there is no known credible evidence that has linked GM foods to any human disease. That is not to say that there might not be and as a scientist, one thing that I have learnt if never to say NEVER. That said, we need a debate that allows us to explore the evidence available in an objective, fair and balanced way. Such evidence is gathered from well designed scientific studies over a number of years and painstaking data collection, analysis and interpretation followed by peer review.

Sadly a lot of the argument (even by some of the so-called scientists we find on this and otehr forums) is coolected from "internet sources" which are just as biased as the scientists you claim are supporting GM foods and who (according to you) "may be doing the bidding of the multinationals".

On my part, I declare absolutely no conflict of interest and my compete independence on the matter. I am seeking as a qualified nutrition scientist and an authority on international nutrition and public health, to provide some inputs into the debate and as I am sure you will appreciate, as a well brought up scientist, my arguments against those blanketly calling for a ban is for them to provide cogent evidence-based reasons for their argument.

The fact is, to date not a single one of those 'shouting on the roof top' have been able to provide any sensible or plausible argument based on any facts. I worry about that especially if these same people seek to be the opinion formers on the subject which in my opinion the majority of them have very little knowledge or understanding of.

The long and short of it is that as a public health expert interested in our food and nutrition security, I am naturally interested in finding solutions to our chronic food insecurity and the chronic hunger which characterizes the lot of a majority of our people and over 2 billion people across the world.

There are those who have argued (without evidence and rather weakly) that GM foods "cause cancer". To start with the argument about "causal links" have to be backed by clinical trial evidence and I doubt that these ignorant ones making all the noise even know what a "clinical trial" is. If anyone could provide evidence synthesized from systematic reviews on the subject, one would be inclined to study them carefully and to examine the balance of the arguments based on evidence. Sadly this is still lacking and it is therefore disappointing that ignorant or 'half-educated' people come on this forum to insult the rest of us who may in fact have deep subject knowledge and be actual practitioners.

I will urge you to confront these people who are parading as 'echo-warriors' but who lack the basic substance required even to form an opinion on what is after all a technical subject.

There is no doubt that our government and law makers in parliament need to examine all the arguments carefully and to consider the business and commercial implications of not just this, but all our laws to ensure that we do not 'sell our country for a pittance' to outside interests. I have in my own arguments lamented the unfair treatment of farmers and how they seem to be losing out when some GM products hit the markets in Africa, a case in pojint being the Orange Flesh Sweet Potato which I continue to argue, should not be forced on farmers to the exclusion of our natural sweet potato varities which in themselves are also high sources of beta carotene, a precursor for vitamin A.

In a nutshell, I am not an advocate for GM, if anything I am critical of the approach to GM technogical applications particularly where local farmers are concenred and will continue to argue in a balanced way in forums not just here but internationally for a more convincing reason for rolling it out to everyone.

I find it hard to understand why many one-sided and biased individuals who comment on these issues simpy do not appreciate the contributions being made by all and stop all the rather unhelpful shenanigans that they continue to portray on this subject. I hope you find this contribution useful to the debate.
Asiwome 10 years ago

Do not adulterate our food!

Do not adulterate our food!
Tekonline.org 10 years ago

Many thanks, Paul.
Yours typify the sort of brains Ghana needs.

Many thanks, Paul.
Yours typify the sort of brains Ghana needs.
African Tiger 10 years ago

We see the same issue in the 1950s and 1960s when the same Western Biotech firms parroted the good effects of Thalidomide to pregnant women and we see the consequences of what happened. Today they parrot the effects of GM foo ...
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We see the same issue in the 1950s and 1960s when the same Western Biotech firms parroted the good effects of Thalidomide to pregnant women and we see the consequences of what happened. Today they parrot the effects of GM foods. Why the rush to adopt the plant breeder's bill in its current form. Do people really think they care about food security in Africa? That would be stupidly naive to believe that! We remember the case when an American biotech firm Myriad Genetics attempted to patent human genes and the case went to the supreme court. Thankfully the US supreme court rejected that. Now here comes a plant breeders bill and it raises the rights of patent holders above our laws and people think it is okay? Are we stupid as a people. If we would allow some form of GMO foods in Ghana, then only on the condition that no multinational control any patents that supersedes our national laws and beholds us to them.
Kweku Ananse 10 years ago

Medical knowledge is never static, and what better example of that than that of Margarine and the discovery of the link between transfats and heart disease!

Essentially, the medical community which had recommended the who ...
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Medical knowledge is never static, and what better example of that than that of Margarine and the discovery of the link between transfats and heart disease!

Essentially, the medical community which had recommended the wholesale use of margarine as a healthier substitute for butter had to do an about-face and support the banning of transfats after 30 years of research provided abundant evidence of its cause of and damaging role in heart disease.

In Ghana all talk about a cautious approach to GMO's is being ridiculed as ignorant by self-appointed God-scientists who know all - in advance, shall we say - in contemptuous dismissal of the tragic lessons of history.
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

You do not need margarine to load your system with trans fatty acids. All you need to do is see all the deep frying of our fish, meat and kelewele around our city and village street corners. Please don't mislead.

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You do not need margarine to load your system with trans fatty acids. All you need to do is see all the deep frying of our fish, meat and kelewele around our city and village street corners. Please don't mislead.

Are you suggesting that transfats are the 'product of margarine'? We need a more serious debate, not this one please.

The fact is our intake of energy from all sources including fats has been increasing over the last 100 years and the reasons for this are numerous, including the demographic shifts associated with increasing wealth and incomes. At the same time as we can afford to eat more and a variety, we are also becoming less physically active e.g. because walking as a means of transport is becoming less a factor especially among our middle classes who rely more on motoro vehicles even for short journeys for example. So, if you try to balance energy intake against expenditure, you find a positive balance of excess energy from carbohydrates, fat and protein in the diet which are converted into fats for storage. The metabolically active fat is the abdominal fat which we store, mostly short chain fatty acids.

The underlying risk factors for heart disease and other chronic non-communicable diseases is more complex than you seek to portray here by blaming transfats in margarine.

Whilst we are on the subject, do you know what margarine, especially after they started to fortify it with e.g. vitamin A has done for human health inthe last 80 years?

Sure, we need a debate but it has to be informed to make it worthwhile and meaningful. Otherwise why should we even waste our time if people will draw conclusions not based on any sound evidence? I wonder which side you are on?
PAPPO 10 years ago

Logic is alien to you, and no medicine can help you!

Logic is alien to you, and no medicine can help you!
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

The thalidomide tragedy was a very sad one at a time when the regulatory mechanisms for a lot of things were still at their early stages but it cost the company a lot of money and they folded.

For your information, thalido ...
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The thalidomide tragedy was a very sad one at a time when the regulatory mechanisms for a lot of things were still at their early stages but it cost the company a lot of money and they folded.

For your information, thalidomide is back and has been found to be effective in the treatment of certain forms of breast cancer. Much as this is surprising to people like myself, it is nonetheless true that research and development efforts have led to a new use for the same drug, albeit in a new form.

The examples you cite here like the "patenting of human genes" are way over the top and it is inconceivable that any government, even in the US and elsewhere would allow for such a situation to occur. I really don't see the relevance of that to this debate on GM foods.
Pelicles 10 years ago

We do not need GMO. We should hold on to what our forefather have been doing as far as farming is concern. It does not make any sense to go to a company and buy the next planting seed. At times, it seems you and a few othe ...
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We do not need GMO. We should hold on to what our forefather have been doing as far as farming is concern. It does not make any sense to go to a company and buy the next planting seed. At times, it seems you and a few others are defending GMO and the question is are you in their pocket?
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

I think you simply do not understand my contribution to this debate. I just don't know how to get the message across to you. Rest assured though, that I have nothing to do with any GM or food biotechnology company.

I think you simply do not understand my contribution to this debate. I just don't know how to get the message across to you. Rest assured though, that I have nothing to do with any GM or food biotechnology company.
Kwesi Mansa 10 years ago

Kweku Baako & Kwesi Pratts the Great FANTI journalists who can research and inform the nation. SAVE US.

Kweku Baako & Kwesi Pratts the Great FANTI journalists who can research and inform the nation. SAVE US.
Proactive Solutions 10 years ago

We in Ghana have to learn how to use the system to fight for us.
So first what is happening, well simple. Some neo-colonizers are trying to use our own systems to unslaves and poison us again.

How do we fight this.

1. ...
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We in Ghana have to learn how to use the system to fight for us.
So first what is happening, well simple. Some neo-colonizers are trying to use our own systems to unslaves and poison us again.

How do we fight this.

1. Throught student and professional bodies, buy halve a page or full page in the newspaper and show Ghanaians what GMO does to lab animals.
2. Take TV spots with the same messages. Have some young Ghanaians with knowledge on the subject speak about on TV radio.
3. Have radio spots.

But most important is the halve of full page newspaper ads, links to documentary such as Golden Rice on RT TV.

If you do this, this bill will be dead and have no chance. Immediately Ghanaians see sickness cause by GMO in lab animals, show the graphic pictures. The people will kill this bill. No matter what amount any politician taken, this bill will not fly.

Ghana use the same system to fight your battles.
Selaasie 10 years ago

Are GMO and GLOBALISTS synonymous?

Are GMO and GLOBALISTS synonymous?
Richard 10 years ago

Well, it is another another test of our patriotism and love of Ghana as we always speak about. My fear is that these PMs might have taken the bribe already and so all we are saying now may not matter, just as we witnesses in ...
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Well, it is another another test of our patriotism and love of Ghana as we always speak about. My fear is that these PMs might have taken the bribe already and so all we are saying now may not matter, just as we witnesses in Merchant Bank/Fortze deal. God save Ghana.
PAAKOW 10 years ago

God in HIS WISDOM CREATED US AS FREE BEINGS AND GAVE US THE HEAD TO WORK TO MAXIMISE ALL THE FREE GIFTS AND NATURE'S BLESSING.
IF YOU REFUSE TO ADORE WHAT GOD THROUGH NATURE GIVE AND CHOOSES FOOLISHNESS, YOU WILL DIE AND GO ...
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God in HIS WISDOM CREATED US AS FREE BEINGS AND GAVE US THE HEAD TO WORK TO MAXIMISE ALL THE FREE GIFTS AND NATURE'S BLESSING.
IF YOU REFUSE TO ADORE WHAT GOD THROUGH NATURE GIVE AND CHOOSES FOOLISHNESS, YOU WILL DIE AND GO AND MEET GOD IN JUDGEMENT TO ANSWER. PATRIOTIC GHANAIANS
HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED HAVING SAVED GHANA FROM EVIL MEN
WE ARE PRAYING THAT GOD MAY KILL SUCH SELFISH, EVIL AND INSENSITIVE WITCHES AND WIZARDS GHANAIANS.
THEY START TO DIE ONCE THEY AGREE TO À ADVANCE THE WORK OF SATAN.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CURSE THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS EVIL
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