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Article: The GM conundrum: will starving people care if the food they receive is genetically modified? probably not, but some governments are being extremely wary about letting GM food-aid enter their countries. (Agriculture).
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- African Business
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- October 1, 2002
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The US lost its cool with Zambia last month and threatened to divert some 50,000 tons of genetically modified (GM) maize to other countries in the region if the Zambian government refused to accept it. The parcel was part of America's contribution of emergency food aid to famine-stricken areas of the sub-continent. However, Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa said the government would not allow it into the country until it had held consultations with its experts to determine whether or not it was safe for human consumption.
Zambia's reluctance has peeved the Americans. "We have gone to some parts of Zambia where people are almost starving," reported exasperated US ...
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Article: Zambia, Zimbabwe concludes cooperation talks
Xinhua News Agency;
June 6, 2003 ;
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...Zambia, Zimbabwe concludes cooperation talks LUSAKA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The Zambia-Zimbabwe Joint Permanent Commission of ... willingness to export maize to Zimbabwe, as food shortage in Zambia drew a close with the bumper ...
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