Volk,
Ik kwam een raar bericht tegen, het is al aardig gedateerd, en ik weet niet wat de huidige status is, maar kan iemand mij vertellen waarom een dergelijke maatregel geimplementeerd zou kunnen zijn? Is er iets mis met het hergebruiken van zaad? Komen daar problemen van? Wat zijn de haken en hogen, waarom heeft de VS een dergelijke maatregel ingevoerd in Irak (wellicht dat deze maatregel ook geldt in de VS zelf, of in andere landen), etc.
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Iraqis Can't Save Seed
By Bud Landry
Jan 19, 2005, 10:58
"U.S. Declares Iraqis Can't Save See," by David Deschesne
According to Order 81, paragraph 66 -[B], issued by L. Paul Bremer [CFR], the people in Iraq are now prohibited from saving seeds and may only plant seeds for their food from from licensed, authorized U.S. distributors.
The paragraph states, "Farmers shall be prohibited from re-using seeds of protected varieties or any variety mentioned in items 1 and 2 of paragraph [C] of Article 14 of this chapter."
Written in massively intricate legalese, Order 81 directs the reader at Article 14, paragraph 2 [C] to paragraph [B] of Article 4, which states any variety that is different from any other known variety may be registered in any country and become a protected variety of seed - thus defaulting it into the "protected class" of seeds and prohibiting the Iraqis from reusing them the following season. Every year, the Iraqis must destroy any seed they have, and repurchase seeds from an authorized supplier, or face fines, penalties and/ or jail time.
This is the freedom that comes with the American form of democracy?
-- Bud
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Alvast bedankt!
O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves