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Rats fed a lifelong diet of one of the bestselling strains of genetically modified corn suffered tumours and multiple organ damage, according to a controversial French study published today.

Scientists said the results raised serious questions about the safety of GM foods and the assurances offered by biotech companies and governments.

The first lifetime trials involving rats fed on GM corn found a raised incidence of breast tumours, liver and kidney damage.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2205509/Cancer-row-GM-foods-French-study-claims-did-THIS-rats--cause-organ-damage-early-death-humans.html

NEW DEHLI—A high-profile Indian parliamentary on agriculture has urged a retreat from genetically modified (GM) food crops and is seeking the mandatory labelling of all GM foods. The report from a 31-member standing of parliament, delivered today, concludes that GM “field trials under any garb should be discontinued forthwith” and that future research and development should “only be done under strict containment.”

The undertook their review, the authors say, because of “serious differences of opinion amongst stakeholders and the controversies surrounding transgenic food crops.” The furor intensified after a government review gave its blessing to genetically modified brinjal (a type of eggplant).

The ’s deliberations, designed to include many interested parties, gathered 15,000 pages of testimony and 50 oral depositions. The 2-year effort produced a 492-page analysis, “Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops—Prospects and Effects.”


The chair, Basudeb Acharia, a member of parliament representing the Communist Party of India (Marxist), said in a statement that “India should not go in for GM food crops.” He also suggested that “there is a connection” between Bt cotton, a GM product that includes genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to make it pest-resistant, and farmers’ suicides, referring to thousands of farmers who have committed suicide in the last few years due to indebtedness, mostly in cotton growing regions.

The report deplores the fact that 93% of the cotton crop in India is now Bt cotton, which rapidly replaced traditional cotton in most areas. The argues that farmers now have “no alternative” but to buy more expensive Bt cotton seed. The concludes that “the experience of last decade has conclusively shown that while [transgenic agriculture] has extensively benefited the industry, as far as the lot of poor farmers is concerned, even trickle down is not visible.”

No company or industry group has responded at this time.

The GM review also sought to investigate a government regulatory ’s 2009 decision to permit an Indian company to release Bt brinjal. This action “was indicative of collusion of a worst kind,” the report charges. The report quotes a former official saying that he felt he was pressured by industry and other officials to approve the release of Bt brinjal. Former environment minister Jairam Ramesh held a countrywide series of public hearings and in February 2010 imposed an indefinite moratorium on the release of Bt brinjal.

The report will now be examined by the relevant ministries, which will consider whether and how to implement the recommendations. These agencies will submit responses back to the on actions they have taken.

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/08/india-should-be-more-wary-of-gm-.html

Report sought on India farm suicides

India's Human Rights Commission has sought reports from three states on a spate of suicides by farmers that have been reported by the local media.

Some 800 farmers have reportedly ended their lives in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala this year.

Most of the suicides have been linked to poverty, debt, a sharp rise in costs and the failure of crops because of pest attacks.

Some 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in India since 1997.

Drought, a fall in crop prices and an increase in the cost of cultivation are cited as reasons for the farmers' plight.

Media reports say that 680 farmers have taken their lives in western Maharashtra state this year, while another 98 have committed suicide in southern Andhra Pradesh and Kerala states since October.

The commission said if the reports were true they "raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the poor farmers".

Many farmers in India are forced to take out loans to buy necessary supplies, but these have left them heavily in debt. Some turn to moneylenders, who charge much higher rates of interest.

In 2008, the government announced a $15bn waiver of farmer loans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16281063

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has said there are no genetically modified (GM) foods in Nigerian markets, dispelling fears that Nigerians may have been buying and consuming the biologically engineered foods even before the government gives its approval.

Biotech grown foods have not gained total acceptance from authorities of most countries, even in the West, as many still fear its consumption could pose health danger to humans.

But NABDA says consumption of Genetically Modified foods will not pose any effect on human health in Nigeria as it has not been found to pose any health hazards in countries where they have been approved.

NABDA's Director General, Prof Bamidele Solomon, while speaking at a one-day training workshop for journalists in Abuja yesterday said since the biosafety bill seeks to regulate the practice of biotech in the country and has not been assented to by President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria would not commercialize its GM foods yet.

According to Prof Solomon, NABDA has three genetically modified crops in Nigeria- --beans, cassava and sorghum---but they are still being kept in the stores.

He said the delay in having GM foods in commercial quantities could make the food security vision of the government a mirage.

He said the risks for the novel (GM) foods are the same as for conventional ones.

He said, countries which have provisions for GM foods usually regulate the practice, taking into health and environmental risks, as well as control and trade related issues.

According to Prof Solomon, apart from beans, cassava and sorghum, other GM crops are currently undergoing field trials in Nigeria and as soon as the bio-safety bill is ed into law by the National Assembly and is given presidential assent, they would be mass produced.

He said most Nigerians are skeptical about Genetically Modified plants and animals because of misinformation by some self acclaimed activists.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201209140844.html

We must resist any GM Crops. The Coporations Monsanto, Sygenta will take over our whole agriculture if we let them in. Like they are doing in India where over 200'000 farmers have commited suicide as a result of GM.

Hausa as it is seen now is not a tribe, It is more like an identity. Theres far more people that 'used' to be Fulani under Hausa than true Hausa. True hausa is pretty much dead in naija except the Maguzawa mainly.

The 'health tourist' travelled more than 3,000 miles from her home country to the cash-strapped Wythenshawe Hospital for an emergency caesarean.

It is understood the woman, who was educated at top US university Harvard, flew to Manchester Airport and went directly to the hospital where she told doctors she required the procedure after a scan in Nigeria revealed complications in her pregnancy.

Health minister Simon Burns said the NHS is not there to 'serve the health needs of the globe' and said the government is reviewing the system to prevent inappropriate access to NHS resources.

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, the MP for nearby Leigh, also called for an inquiry into the case.

Nationally the NHS treats thousands of patients from outside the European Union who are not entitled to free care and in 2010/11 NHs hospitals charged overseas visitors over £23m for treatment and wrote off under £7m of debts.

Sai Naija

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9494485/Nigerian-health-tourist-flew-to-UK-for-caesarean-birth-on-NHS.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2192694/Nigerian-woman-needing-Caesarean-immediately-flies-Britain-operation--costing-UK-taxpayers-10-000.html

Lol. What people don't understand is this. Most people that are 'Hausa' are actually Fulani if you trace back. The 'real' hausa was never that big in population as compared to fulani. So basically 'orginal Hausa' is long gone. Orginal fulani is still there however in the NE, where they still speak Fula (and hausa). But NW are not fulani anymore but the 'new' hausa people.

And Hausa is not 70% arabic more like 20-30% I'd say.

Investment banking wont be the same post Financial crisis. The can is just being 'kicked down the road', Things are only getting worse and when that bubble pops . Europe is F'ed the countries are literally 'bankrupt': high inflation, no jobs, high taxes, declining wages etc = terrible economy absoultley no way to fix it, America is even worse 50 million na Food stamps no be small ting oooo.

World is shifting to people who produce real 'tangible' things agric/oil/metals/minerals all that derivative nonsense that overinflates these countries 'GDP' will burst and when it does: game over for them. It will effect Africa and Asia but not that much, why? Because we are the exporters of the 'real goods' what the oyinbo bring is the 'knowledge' (which is being transfered anyway) lol .

Elgranespejo:
Barka kadai!
Ina yi karatun a kwalin SUNY Purchase. Yana New York State. Malamina Rudy ne. Shi farresan ilimin mutane a makarantata ne, kuma ya rubuta kan al'adar Hausa da jami'ar Hausa. Ni dan birnin NY, kuma farfesana ma.

toh.

[email protected] turo mun sako mu cigaba da magana.

Elgranespejo: Assalam alaykum!

Sannu! Sunana Alex. Ni dalibin Hausa daga Amurka ne. Wannan shekara, Ina karantawa Hausa da al'adar Hausawa. Ina jin dadin harshen Hausa sosai! Hausa Tana da kyauuuuuu, amma babu Hausawa da yawa a New York. Ina yin magana da abokin farfesana, Nazir. Shi mawak'i ne, kuma 'Dan Kano ne. Sunansa na wak'a Ziriums. To, akwai Hausawa sa so yi magana da no ?

Na gode
Alex

Barka da zuwa

a wane makaranta kake a amurkan?

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Nigeria's "official" oil production figures show about 3 million barrels a day being pumped from their oil fields into the holds of western tankers. Now informed observers have estimated up to one third of all Nigerian oil is actually stolen and secretly loaded onto oil tankers after bribes are paid to corrupt government officials. If 4 million barrels of oil are being shipped out of Nigeria daily at $100 a barrel, times 30 days a month, times 12 months, you arrive at almost $150 billion a year in potential oil revenues for Nigeria.

[b]The problem is not just theft but the fact that the western oil companies are literally looting Nigeria's oil, paying as little as a 9% royalty. Do the math, 9% of $150 billion minus the one third oil that is stolen and the Nigerian government only receives about $10 billion a year of this amount. Simply put, at $100 a barrel, the western oil companies get $91 and Nigeria only gets $9. Or more shockingly, Big Oil makes $140 billion a year vs. Nigeria's $10 billion. [/b]Nigeria's environment has been a victim with a large swath of the coast lying under a toxic blanket of oil, mainly as a result of the criminal failure of Big Oil to do even basic maintenance on its pipelines.

@emofine

How far

Na I like 'Nigerian' music o. Better than oyinbo music by farrrr. Soon the oyinbo in London will dance to Naija rythmn as well

I was talkn about Niger Hausa music> Nigerian Hausa music.

I think the 'original' hausa people where from Niger. Then they spread south into Nigeria. And started mixing. I don't think they came directly from the east into North nigeria.

The thing is orginal Hausa is not that much o, its only because of Hausa language people started becoming 'Hausa'. Furthermore I think there's actually more original Fula than Hausa in Northen Nigeria.

@fulaman

That indian shit pisses me off o. Wtf? See them autotuning and singing like indians. Even dressing sef.

Niger music > Nigeria music. Easily. But maybe its ca Nigeria got money?? All this 'indian night' rubbish @ weddings lol smh.

lmao! I dey laugh o

Fulaman198:

Correct, even within the Fulani ethnic group, there are many sub-groups. You are right that there are more "ethnic" Fulani in the Northwest than there are ethnic Hausa, but they are Fulani who have lost their language and their pulaagu. Most Fulani who only speak Hausa in the Northwest part (sokoto region) can't even say one proper sentence in Fulfulde. It's a bit shameful.

But you know, Fulani are like that, there are even ethnic Fulani in Illori and they only speak Yoruba. Fulani, we settle somewhere and inherit the language of others (though this is not the case in other Fulani speaking countries like Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Mali, etc.).

the Jalingo Fulani that we have in Northeast Nigeria are of a Subgroup of many Fulani groups. There are Gowabe, Jelgobe, Wodaabe in Niger, Fouta Tooro/Fouta Djallon in Senegambia, Mauritania and Guinea and Fulakunda Fulani in the far west Africa region as well. Dialects are widespread, but can be understood if you listen/read carefully. There is no Fulani look so to say. The Fulani in the far west have mixed with Mande peoples and other neighbouring ethnic groups. The Fulani in Nigeria have mixed with Hausa and other neighbouring ethnic groups (same with Niger like the Wodaabe intermarry with Touareg people).

Still a lot of people speak Fula though so theres still potential. Maybe if Nigeria ever fixes itself they can teach in school more lol.

email me bro [email protected] if I have further questions

Fulaman198:

That is true, in fulfulde you have two different groups of Fulani (though I don't like using these groups).  They are the rimbe and rimaybe.  The rural Fulani like you said also referred to as Mbororo are the most pure.  The settled Fulani are mixed with Hausa and other ethnic groups in the area, but there are settled Fulani who do speak fluent Fulfulde.  In Northwest Nigeria not so much, but in Northeast Nigeria (Jos, Adamawa, Gombe, etc.) you will find Fulani who speak Fulfulde (Fulani language).

North West yes because thats the 'home' of Sokoto/Caliphate. It didnt spread to North East properly before British came. So 'Hausaziation' is less. As you know anybody can be 'Hausa' in Nigeria as long as you speak language and practice culture. Its not really an 'ethnicity' as such but rather an 'identitiy'. In fact 'Pure Hausa' I dont even think there is such anymore,  Maybe in Niger but even that is not orginal 'Hausa land'. To be honest I think theres actually more 'Fulani' than Hausa in Hausa-Fulani. Where the Fulanis not more back then? its just that Hausa language was adopted,

But when people say 'pure fulani' Im not sure what that means because to me the ones in other countries all have different looks even the rural ones. Fulani appears to be 'diverse' as well if you understand what Im saying,  Is it like Hausa where anbody could have been 'Fula' or what?

They own 70% of Lagos + Kano + Abuja. So they run our markets/trading/business around the country o

loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

kai. Lucky him o. N 50 million is a lot though lol,