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Liz Orton

Liz Orton is a freelance researcher who lives in London. She has written extensively on food and health issues in developing countries, and authored a report for ActionAid, GM crops – going against the grain. She was Head of Advocacy at Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and now works part-time with PhotoVoice, an NGO providing arts training to young refugees in east London.

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Ending African hunger: GM or agro-ecology?

Where Gordon Conway champions biotechnology as a solution to hunger in developing countries, Liz Orton offers a radically different vision of agriculture for Africa – sustainable, low-tech and founded on local knowledge.

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