General News of Saturday, 30 July 2005: "Ghana has taken a strong stance against the importation and cultivation of Genetically Modified (GM) foods in Ghana.
The Food and Agriculture minister, Mr. Ernest Debrah said the country would reject, without hesitation, the importation of any Genetically Modified (GM) foods, crops and materials into the country although it might solve the famine problems being experienced, especially in the Northern part."
A very wise decision. It is proved that DNA from Genetically Modified material has been spread. This open up for a pollution of African nature, plus what if Canada says this in a few years: "If you dont accept our new trade agreement, then we will send you the seeds that produce a low quality crops, or secret sickness when you eat the crop"
The technology is mainly in the hands of the richest countries in the world, or in the hands of an ruling elite that can take control over the future and potentially damage or destroy whole ecosystems. It is just like accepting proprietary software systems in the core technology infrastructure; when Microsoft control the core, it also decide wich application that one can buy, wich standards that should rule, because they are making deals with vendors that is Microsoft friendly. The nanotechnology face similar challenges.
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