Be a SEEDSAVER and SAY NO to terminator seeds

1.4 billion farmers in the world depend on farmed saved seeds to feed themselves and their families. If terminator gets the go-ahead, it would spell the end of this practice of saving and replanting seeds - and so take control of meeting their own food needs out of farmers' hands.

Progressio launched the Say NO to Terminator seeds: be a seedsaver campaign on World Food Day 16 October 2007. Terminator seeds are seeds that are genetically modified to become sterile after the first planting.

Terminator spells trouble for peasant farmers throughout the world because they will no longer be able to save seeds to re-use from one harvest to the next. Many poor farmers cannot afford to buy seeds each year. Instead, they save, swap and share seeds that have been developed over generations. If terminator seeds are spread into the environment farmers will be forced to buy new seeds every time, making them poorer - and the big seed companies richer. Far from helping to tackle poverty, it will increase economic injustice and add to the burdens of those already living in hardship.

Take action now - Be a Seedsaver