More worrying developments regarding the corporate takeover of agriculture.
Nestle is eyeing the commercialisation of traditional red rice varieties in Sarawak. It is also trying to promote contract farming - perhaps something similar to what Sime Darby has in mind for the Northern Corridor.
It is presumptuous that these huge multinational corporations think they can teach traditional [...]
Only in Malaysia:
Malaysia - world’s second largest palm oil producer. (Indonesia is now the world’s largest producer.)
The “new” Sime Darby - world’s largest listed palm oil producer.
And yet, rationing has been imposed:
5kg buying limit on cooking oil
PUTRAJAYA: Five kilograms – that is the maximum amount of cooking oil that each consumer can buy when a [...]
This snippet from a World Development Movement blog entry from the UN Framework Conference on Climate Change in Bali got me worried - as it should you too. While we carry on our lives as usual, we remain blissfully unaware that the very survival of our planet is at stake.
”The science says that with an [...]
Farmers are under increasing pressure from multinational corporations, which in many parts of the world are planning to take control over the entire food production and distribution chain. This leaves farmers at the mercy of these MNCs for seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, sales and distribution.
In the end, the farmers will lose their autonomy and independence and [...]
On 30 July, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) master-plan was launched with much fanfare. Among other goals, the blueprint aims to transform agriculture in the rice-bowl region of Malaysia.The masterplan was designed by Sime Darby although the project will be implemented by a regional coordinating authority, chaired by the Prime Minister.
On the face of [...]
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