Letter from the Organic Farming Association of India to the Minister of Environment objecting to the introduction of GE Bt Brinjal in India. […]
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This briefing examines the development of GM herbicide tolerant crops and how early predictions that weeds would become resistant to the herbicides have turned out to be correct. […] American farmers are feeling the effects of a concentrated seed industry. Seed options are diminishing while prices increase at historic rates. This report examines these troubling trends. […] Biotechnology lags behind traditional breeding and other methods in producing crops that have shown improved efficiency in nitrogen use, in order to address the problem of nitrogen fertiliser pollution. […] A study comparing the effects of three GM maize varieties (NK 603, MON 810, MON 863), which are present in food and feed in many parts of the world found to have shown negative effects on major organs of rats fed with the GM maize. […] The price of GE corn, soybean, and cotton seed has risen sharply in recent years. Seed expenditures per acre are now cutting into net farm income, and transferring earnings that used to stay on the farm to the seed industry. […] A report by Greenpeace highlights a selection of facts and recommendations from the IAASTD that are most compelling, urgent and useful to address the enormous tasks ahead. […] Organic agriculture can face the challenge of adapting to climate change, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. […] A project in Peru shows that hunger and poverty can be overcome by tapping into local and traditional crops. […] An Indian organic farmer and seed breeder argues that it is crucial for farmers to retain control over seeds, so as to restore agricultural biodiversity. […] |
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