The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha – one of the largest peasant unions in South India – has voiced opposition to the decision of the State Biotechnology Coordination Committee to grant a no-objection certificate (NOC) for conducting field trials of new transgenic cotton and maize varieties.
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European Commission proposal on new GMOs favours biopiracy over rights of farmers and citizens
The European Commission is looking to abolish the traceability of GMOs resulting from “new genomic techniques”and remove labelling requirements for foods derived from these GMOs. The aim of this proposal is quite simply to sacrifice GM-free, peasant and organic farming.
New Plant Breeding Techniques – 12 reasons to regulate these ‘New GMOs’ | By European Coordination Via Campesina
GMOs are “organisms, with the exception of human beings, in which the genetic material has… Read more →
India: GEAC to decide on GM Mustard
Press Release: National Farmers Coordination cautions against Commercialization of GM Mustard New Delhi, February 2,… Read more →
An invisible war is being waged on the working class: Devanur Mahadeva
RAICHUR, January 25, 2016 ‘Corporate companies have turned our food and water into poison’ Referring… Read more →
GM Free Coalition Warns GEAC Against GM Mustard Commercialisation
La Via Campesina South Asia Coalition For A GM Free India Press Release (India, New… Read more →
Iowa agriculture a state of mind
Assessing the state of Iowa agriculture depends on your state of mind. For me it’s… Read more →
GMO Situation in South-East Asian & East Asian countries
Present during the workshop on “Towards a GE-FREE India” Forum, Hydrabad Feb 25, 2008. By… Read more →
India: Another illegal gm rice field trial destroyed
Over 200 farmers, under the banner of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association,the ICCFM today destroyed rice… Read more →
BKU destroys a GM rice plot in Haryana
Finds out that farmer had not been given information on the trial in his land;Ensures… Read more →