Biotechnology: FAO response to open letter from NGOs Director-General Jacques Diouf outlines his views on use of biotechnology (http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2004/46429/index.html) 16 June 2004, Rome — FAO Director-General Dr Ja […]
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PRESS RELEASE “FAO DECLARES WAR ON FARMERS, NOT ON HUNGER” Through an open letter delivered at noon today to the Director General of FAO in Rome, hundreds of civil society organisations from across the world denounce the recent an […] Genetically modified seed designed to stop a destructive worm from devouring corn plants may itself take a bite out of some corn growers’ profits, says a Purdue University agricultural economist. […] STATEMENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (SACC), May 2004 As participants in the first SACC consultation on GMOs held at the ESCOM Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa from 26-28 May 2004: We welcome the initiative taken […] THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA VOICES ITS CONCERNS ISB News Report, USA, by Michelle Marvier http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2004/news04.may.html 5 May 2004 THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA VOICES ITS CONCERNS Almo […] Ann Clark of Guelph University talks about the lack of scientific credibility in the biotechnology industry’s claims about the safety of GMOs and the need for more and better testing of GM food and crops based on sound science. […] Biotechnology is considered both as an industry and as a technology which will spur the development of the countries of the South and lift them out of poverty. The following article considers whether there is any justification for this. […] Debashis Banerji, a plant physiologist, believes the failure of Bt cotton illustrates the fact that genetic engineering as practised today is based on an over-simplified understanding of the “central dogma” of molecular biology. […] According to the Greenpeace report, diverse species of Roundup resistant weeds are now growing in Roundup Ready GE crop fields in several states in the US. It has become clear that growing and releasing GE seeds not only involves an incalculable risk to t […] Will GM crops really help developing countries? Lim Li Ching looks at some telling examples in Kenya, Indonesia and India. […] |
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