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with co-morbidities, like diabetes, glyphosate use, globally”. https:// trained on the ultimate price; Maize,
hypertension (high blood pressure) www.researchgate.net/publica- the African staple food! Now, you,
and cancers, among other chronic tion/292944439_Trends_in_glypho- the reader, knows the “aggressive
diseases. A key causative factor (or sate_herbicide_use_in_the_Unit- push for GMOs” has nothing to do
strong correlation) to these chronic ed_States_and_globally with “food security” but everything
diseases is consumption of GMO to do with “The Trojan Horse” aka
foods and foods with high levels From the shared evidence, one GMO and MORE use of toxic ag-
of agrochemical residues, especially does not need any more evidence rochemicals for profits and control
glyphosate based herbicides(GBH) that GMO are “Trojan Horses” for of the seed and food industry. The
like Roundup weed killer and other using more agrochemicals, espe- intention is to depopulate Africa
toxic residues in food: This arti- cially glyphosate (and GBH) and and reduce its fertility https://www.
cle, among many others, provides that, they have harmful effects on nature.com/articles/s41598-019-
solid evidence of the link between human health, including increased 42860-0 and its population while
glyphosate in GBH as a pathway susceptibility and vulnerability to targeting Africa’s rich soils and min-
to chronic diseases which, in turn COVID-19. eral resources. The agenda is camou-
makes one more vulnerable to flaged as philanthropy and improv-
COVID-19 infection and disease, Unfortunately, the “merchants of ing healthcare by some Foundations.
often with more severe outcomes, death” camouflaged as multinational You know them!
in those with non-communicable agrochemical corporations, are busy
diseases(NCDs): https://www.mdpi. with their aggressive and relentless Now that we know how GMOs and
com/1099-4300/15/4/1416 push for MORE GMOs in Af- agrochemical are joined at the hip
rica, lead by South Africa, which and how their harmful toxic effects
It is important to reiterate that the incidentally, also has one of the are synergistic, do we have alterna-
relationship between GMOs and fastest rising cases and deaths from tive ways of accessing seed and safer
agrochemicals is synergistic and in COVID-19! inputs to grow food? Of course we
some cases symbiotic. The two are do. There are better and safer alter-
“partners in crime”! As explained In Brazil, to provide more exam- natives which include sharing natural
earlier the “creators” of GMOs ples of the “GMO Trojan Horse” local varieties of seeds, handed
were evil geniuses in that they strategy, even as the infections and down from generation to genera-
created GMOs that were specifically death toll increases. agrochemical tion, that have genetic “knowledge”
designed to, not only cause health companies, in cahoots with corrupt that makes them resilient and able to
damage on their own, but also en- policy makers and regulators, are withstand local pests and diseases,
able toxic chemicals grow the GMO busy approving even more tox- in a harmonious co-existence. The
seeds into toxic plants! The motiva- ic agrochemicals, for agricultural author this article will discuss the
tion, of course, is to make MORE use, despite knowing their harmful principle of “co-existence” in a fu-
money by selling both the expensive effects on biodiversity and human ture blog article, but suffice is to say,
GMO seeds and the agrochemicals, health: In Brazil, for example, since that agroecological food production
like GBH. As evidence of that fact, the pandemic began, in only two and consumption food systems are
the most widespread GMO stacked months period of 2020, 118 new a scientifically and socio-cultural-
traits of GMOs, globally, are those pesticides have been approved for ly proven alternative pathway to
which include the herbicide tolerant use; this is more than the total num- achieving not only food security but
(HT) trait in maize, soya and cotton ber approved the whole of 2019! also food sovereignity, in Africa and
GMO traits. Guess what the her- One can see the murderous inten- indeed the rest of the world.
bicide of choice has been, for the tions of these “merchants of death”
last 40 years, from which Monsanto, and why GMOs are “The Trojan Finally, have a listen to this video
now Bayer-Monsanto, has made Horse” for more pesticides use. (link below), of Dr. Peter Mokaya,
(and continues to make) billions of creating awareness on the need to
dollars from? Yes. Glyphosate and Coming closer home in Africa, there reduce agrochemicals in the po-
glyphosate based herbicides, includ- is a deliberate push to introduce tato industry; sharing with potato
ing Roundup Weed killer! To quote GMOs in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya farmers, business people and potato
from a publication by Dr. Charles https://www.biosafetykenya.go.ke/ consumers.
Benbrooke,” Genetically engi- and Malawi, of course, starting
neered herbicide-tolerant crops now with the “less harmful” Bt. Cotton https://youtu.be/Y4_ZfAJOQ9I
account for about 56 % of global knowing very well their eyes are

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