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5 Jun 2010

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Voice of America

Haitian Farmers Suspicious of Seed Donation

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Some farmers in earthquake-ravaged Haiti are voicing concerns about the donation of $4 million worth of seeds from U.S. agricultural giant Monsanto. Farmers' groups say…do not want the farms of Haiti overtaken by multinational corporations like Monsanto. Monsanto says an online smear campaign about its 475-ton donation of seeds is "imaginative" and inaccurate. The corporation says its critics falsely accused the company of donating genetically modified seed. Monsanto says it is sending hybrid seeds to Haiti. The company says a donation of hybrid seed to Malawi "turned a region from a food aid recipient to a food exporter..."