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Corporations Are The New Conquistadors : Ukraine

February 19, 2015 By Andrey Panevin 5 Comments

Ukraine has become a nation synonymous with the daily headlines, from the trail of western intervention and subversion that lead to a violent coup in 2013 to the devastating civil war that has torn the nation apart. These stories, as crucial as they are to investigate, have provided the perfect cover for international corporations to exploit Ukraine’s resources.

This exploitation accelerated when Ukraine declared its independence in 1992. From this period onward, Ukraine has experienced the colonization of its vastly important agricultural sector. International agribusiness and biotechnology firms have steadily been reforming Ukraine’s agricultural laws in order to eventually allow for an explosion in the production of genetically modified organisms.

Recent efforts to speed up this annexation of Ukrainian agriculture have been documented by the Oakland Institute. Their fact-sheet on the “Corporate Takeover of Ukrainian Agriculture” shows how the law firm Frishberg and Partners found loopholes in a moratorium on Ukrainian agricultural land sales. The law firm suggested a two-pronged approach to circumventing this moratorium, which remains in force until January 1, 2016. These loopholes are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the multinational effort to subdue and mold a potentially lucrative agriculture market for maximum profit. While Ukraine currently enforces a ban on GMO products, it has become apparent that this is a temporary state of affairs.

The stage was set for the impending removal of this ban when Ukraine and the EU signed an association agreement in 2014.

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs, Health & Lifestyle, National News Tagged With: agribusiness, agriculture, American imperialism, biotechnology, capitalism, Cargill, Chemonics International, colonialism, corn, Corporate America, corruption, cows, DuPont, EuroMaidan, Europe, European Union, Eurozone, farming, food, foreign aid, Frishberg and Partners, genetic engineering, Genetically modified organisms, GMO Food, GMOs, Human Rights, IMF, imperialism, International Monetary Fund, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, ISAAA, land, land grabs, land rights, livestock, local food, Maidan, meat, Monsanto, Mykola Prysyazhnyuk, Oakland Institute, Ukrainian Seed Association, UkrLandFarming, United States Department of Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, US State Department, US-Ukraine Business Council, USAID, USUBC, Wall Street, War, wheat

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