Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 > GMW:_Biotech_is_a_cancer_in_Argentina > " GM_WATCH " <info > Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:15:10 +0100 > > GM WATCH daily > http://www.gmwatch.org > ------ > EXCERPTS > > ....no other third world country must > follow the Argentine path. > > Argentina could feed itself even in the worst > periods of our history. We produced varied, cheap > and healthy food for our own population... > > But since the no-tillage/GM crop/pesticide package > agro-export model was forced on us, through the > neoliberal government of Carlos Menem during the > 90's ... the consequences were catastrophical. > > Argentina does not know how to get free from the > model. We have had GM agriculture since the 90's and > now the Argentinian people are starving for the > first time in our history. > > So why does the FAO report use Argentina as a good > example for biotek. Well. Biotek agri-industry did > well in Argentina, for sure. Those who did not do > too well were the people. But GMOs are not for the > people, so who cares about these consequenses? > > Well, we care, so we should stop this from happening > in Africa, Asia and other Latin American countries. > They do not have the right to go on starving more > people, just to make a quick profit. > > Once the industry is there, they become a cancer. > ------- > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > Fwd: [agri-trade] Argentina approves > Monsanto's GM corn > Friday 16 July 2004 11:21 > lilian joensen <lilianj16 > > You remember, when Monsanto " threatened " to leave > Argentina if our RR soya producers were not forced > to pay RR soya royalties. Well, this bullying was to > force the RR corn. > > http://www.ghorganics.com/Monsanto%20in%20Argentina%20Bye%20bye%20forever.htm > > http://www.google.dk/search?q=cache:n8Rz1dK1OIEJ:www.ramshorn.bc.ca/archive20 > 04/218.html+rulli+For+years+Monsanto+looked+away,+indifferent,+when+the+North+ & h\ l=da & ie=UTF-8 > > One of the reasons that stopped RR maize to be > allowed for commercial growth in Argentina this last > two years, was that the EU did not allow to import > it. > > But since Monsanto and the AAPRESID " No tillage > producers Association in Argentina " started to push > the government, the arguement they used was that if > we cannot expoert it to Europe, we can give it to > our own animals in Argentina. They did not say > Africa, but for sure they are going to try to sell > it there. So you should be aware and ready to stop > this. > > The other argument was that conventional and Bt > maize could not be grown together with RR soya, > since goyphosate killed the maize. So the great idea > was to grow RR maize. In this way we could not speak > of RR soya monoculture. We could go back to our > traditional rotation. > > Anyway, we have soya/maize rotation with RR gene > monoculture. > > As I always ask, no other third world country must > follow the Argentine path. Argentina could feed > itself even in the worse periods of our history. We > produced varied, cheap and healthy food for our own > population with almost no pesticided and no > fertilizers (due to traditional > crop/crop-crop/cattle rotation. But since the > no-tillage/GMcrop/pesticide package agroexport model > was forced to us, through the neoliberal government > of Carlos Menem during the 90's, where GMOs were the > way to achive privitization of agriculture. > > The consequences were catastrophical. Argentina does > not know how to get free from the model. We got GM > agriculture since the 90's and now the Argentinean > people are starving for the first time in our > history. > > During the bad 70's only 5% of the Argentine > population were under the poverty line. During the > 80's poverty grew to 12%. Today 56% of our > population is under the poverty line and hunger is > an everyday experience for Argentinean families for > the first time of our history. > > Meanwhile, Argentina grows over 16 million [hetares] > of GM crops, and we are the biotek industry and > facilities are as " advanced " as any in the US or > Europe. We have all the biotek companies > experimenting all you can imagine in our country. > > Biotek did not help us even to keep the standard we > had before it overtook our economy. But while biotek > advanced in the country, hunger also took over. > > So why does the FAO report use Argentina as a good > example for biotek. Well. Biotek agriindustry did > well in Argentina, for sure. Those who did not do > too well were the people. But GMOs are not for the > people, so who cares [about] these consequenses? > > Well, we care, so we should stop this to happen in > Africa, Asia and other Latin American countries. > They do not have the right to go on starving more > people, just to make quick profit. > > Once the industry is there, they became a cancer. > > Best regards and better luck than ours > > Lilian (GRR, Argentina) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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