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Patrick Mulvany

Patrick Mulvany is senior policy adviser to the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), focusing especially on the governance of agricultural biodiversity for food and livelihood security and related genetic engineering issues. He is chair of the UK Food Group and an active participant in the civil society lobbies at the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the UN, and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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The dumping-ground: Africa and GM food aid

Unequal power relationships in the world economic system mean that hungry Africans often have no choice but to eat genetically-modified food. Patrick Mulvany argues that food aid policies can be driven by the commercial policies interests of rich nations rather than the interests of the most vulnerable people.