![]() By continually selecting, crossbreeding and then exchanging their seeds, farmers have developed varieties for their aroma, taste, colour, medicinal properties and resistance to pests, drought and flood.ĭeb’s community seed bank is one of the last living repositories of hundreds of Indian rice varieties. This seed-sharing of “landraces”, or local varieties, is not philanthropy but the extension of an age-old system of mutualised farming that has provided social stability and dietary diversity for millions of people. More than 7,000 farmers in six states will be given the seeds, on the condition that they also grow them and give some away. This year he is cultivating an astonishing 1,340 traditional varieties of Indian “folk” rice on land donated to him in West Bengal. While they concentrate on developing a small number of blockbuster staple crops, Deb grows as many crops as he can and gives the seeds away. Instead, it is coming from the likes of Debal Deb, an Indian plant researcher who grows forgotten crops and is the antithesis of Bayer and Monsanto. You might think that these mergers would alert the government, but because political parties in Britain are so inward-looking, and because most farmers in rich countries already buy their seeds from the multinationals, opposition has barely been heard. Backed by governments, and enabled by world trade rules and intellectual property laws, Bayer-Monsanto, Dow-DuPont and ChemChina-Syngenta have been allowed to control much of the world’s supply of seeds. But the takeover is just the last of a trio of huge seed and pesticide company mergers. Those using narrow, semi-slick high pressure tyres take note.It will be able to influence what and how most of the world’s food is grown, affecting the price and the method it is grown by. You will be travelling some narrow twisty roads which can be treacherously greasy on the bends and in some parts have poor road surfaces. Lights and helmets are mandatory, and should be adequate to light your way on a dark country road. Answers must be filled in on your brevet card in the allotted space.įinal control at Whitehall closes at 20.20. On the routesheet there are a series of questions about each of these info controls. His effigy is carved on the inside edge of the 3rd arch on the left. To get to the Faceless Monk go around to the left of the front of Bective Abbey and in the first entrance on the right. The track to CASTLETOWN KILPATRICK CHURCH is uneven and and soft in parts, about 600m long. ![]() INFO CONTROLS: 66 K – OLD MELIFONT 73.6K – MONASTERBOICE, 86.4K JUMPING CHURCH – 109 – CASTLETOWN KILPATRICK CHURCH 150.6 – BECTIVE ABBEY. You must obtain a timed proof of passage at all of these controls and return with your brevet card. A small amount of walking and navigation of stiles is required to access some of the info controls, don’t forget to bring a pen for info controls**ĬONTROLS: 50K DULEEK, 90K ARDEE, KILMESSAN 157K, 206.2 WHITEHALL. There is gravel/bog road section approx 2km long around Jamestown Bog at 133.8km. High viz clothing is advisable, come prepared for a winter spin** Ensure your lights are good for a 200k event** ![]() Head west back home to Whitehall by way of Kilmessan, Skreen, Ballymadun, Glebe Road, St.Margerets. Heading southwest from Ardee via Lobinstown, Castletown, Corrtown, Jamestown Bog. ROUTE DESCRIPTION: North via St Margarets, Lispopple, Ballyboughal, Clonmethan, Duleek, Ardee. Optional Medal ACP or Audax Ireland Medal €7Ĭycling Ireland Annual Licence required, One-day Licence available for €20.00 if needed, this will be charged automatically on Eventmaster if you do not have a valid Annual Cycling Ireland Licence.Ĭlosing Date: 7th November, or when entry limit filled. NEW E-MAIL : Ronald Moore, 54 Elm Mount Road, Beaumont, Dublin D09 T9C5
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